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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2541",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\n1 These Regulations amend regulation 35A of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994 (“the regulation”) the provisions of which include a requirement for a landlord to ensure that a yearly safety check is carried out on specified gas appliances, and flues which serve such appliances, and for a record to be made of that check.\n2 These Regulations—\n(a) require that record to be preserved for a period of two years;\n(b) specify the information to be included in that record; and\n(c) require a landlord to provide existing tenants and new tenants with a copy of the record at specified times.\n3 In addition there are a number of minor or consequential amendments to the regulation.\n4 A copy of the cost benefit assessment prepared in respect of these Regulations can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive, Gas Safety Policy Section, Safety Policy Directorate, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS. A copy has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2541/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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