{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-regulations-1998/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-regulations-1998/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2451",
  "legislation_title": "The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Existing gas fittings",
  "text": "(1) No person shall make any alteration to any premises in which a gas fitting or gas storage vessel is fitted if that alteration would adversely affect the safety of the fitting or vessel in such a manner that, if the fitting or the vessel had been installed after the alteration, there would have been a contravention of, or failure to comply with, these Regulations.\n(2) No person shall do anything which would affect a gas fitting or any flue or means of ventilation used in connection with the fitting in such a manner that the subsequent use of the fitting might constitute a danger to any person, except that this paragraph does not apply to an alteration to premises.\n(3) In relation to any place of work under his control, an employer or a self-employed person shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above are complied with.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 3.10.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:52.447994+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."
}