# The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 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.
2 These Regulations—
(a) require that record to be preserved for a period of two years;
(b) specify the information to be included in that record; and
(c) require a landlord to provide existing tenants and new tenants with a copy of the record at specified times.
3 In addition there are a number of minor or consequential amendments to the regulation.
4 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2541/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996/note
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