{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2026/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "text": "(1) The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In regulation 2(4) (general interpretation and application)—\n(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (e), omit “or”;\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (f), omit “,” insert “; or”; and\n(c) after sub-paragraph (f), insert—\n“(g) installations downstream of an isolation valve which—\n(i) form a system exclusively used for the compression of gas;\n(ii) are primarily used to supply compressed gas to vehicles; and\n(iii) incorporate at least one gas compressor which has an electronic motor input power rating exceeding 5 kilowatts,”.\n(3) In regulation 26(9)(c) (gas appliances – safety precautions)—\n(a) at the beginning, insert “subject to sub-paragraph (ca),”; and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—\n“(ca) if it is not reasonably practicable to examine its operating pressure or heat input (or, where necessary, both), its combustion performance;”.\n(4) In regulation 36(3) (duties of landlords)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a) after “Regulations or not”, insert “; and see regulation 36A”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b) after “whichever is later”, insert “(and see regulation 36A)”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (c)—\n(i) for “for a period of two years from the date of that check”, substitute “until there have been two further checks of the appliance or flue under this paragraph or, in respect of an appliance or flue that is removed from the premises, for a period of two years from the date of the last check of that appliance or flue”; and\n(ii) in head (v) after “any”, insert “safety”.\n(5) After regulation 36, insert—\n“Determination of date when next safety check due under regulation 36(3)\n36A. (1) Where a safety check of an appliance or a flue made in accordance with regulation 36(3)(a) or (b) is or was completed within the period of two months ending with the deadline date, that check is to be treated for the purposes of regulation 36(3)(a) and (b) as having been made on the deadline date.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the landlord may ensure that an appliance or flue is checked for safety within the two month period beginning with the deadline date, instead of checking it within the twelve month period ending with that date.\n(3) The discretion conferred by paragraph (2) may be exercised—\n(a) only once in relation to each appliance or flue in the relevant premises; and\n(b) only in order to align the deadline date in relation to the next safety check of that appliance or flue with the deadline date in relation to the next safety check of any other appliance or flue in the same relevant premises.\n(4) In this regulation “the deadline date”, in relation to a safety check for an appliance or flue, means the last day of the twelve month period within which the check is or was required to be made under regulation 36(3)(a) or (b).”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 30.11.2026, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2004 No. 63; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2006 No. 205 and S.R. 2016 No. 146"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 2(4) was amended by regulation 42(2) and Part 2 of Schedule 2 of S.R. 2006 No. 205 and regulation 38(2) and Schedule 6 of S.R. 2016 No. 146"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2026/178",
      "affecting_title": "The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/178/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:22:28.935959+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}