Regulation 3 Qualification and supervision

No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so.

The employer of any person carrying out such work for that employer shall ensure that paragraph (1) above is complied with.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (1) and (2) above, no employer shall allow any of his employees to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel and no self-employed person shall carry out any such work, unless the employer or self-employed person, as the case may be, is a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive for the purposes of this paragraph.

An approval given pursuant to paragraph (3) above (and any withdrawal of such approval) shall be in writing and notice of it shall be given to such persons and in such manner as the Health and Safety Executive considers appropriate.

The employer of any person carrying out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel in the course of his employment shall ensure that such of the following provisions of these Regulations as impose duties upon that person and are for the time being in force are complied with by that person.

No person shall falsely pretend to be a member of a class of persons required to be approved under paragraph (3) above.