A Landlord Gas Safety Record, often called a CP12, shows that every gas appliance and flue you provide has been checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer within the last 12 months. The check can be done up to two months early without losing your renewal date, and tenants need a copy within 28 days. EliteShires Property Services carries out landlord gas safety checks in Harrow from £70.
The gas safety check has a hard annual deadline. It can be done up to two months early without losing the renewal date, but not a day late. Most calls come either a few weeks before expiry from a landlord who is organised, or after expiry from one who has just realised, often because a tenant or an agent has asked for the record.
If you let a property with a gas appliance you have provided, you need a gas safety check every twelve months and a Landlord Gas Safety Record to prove it. It is the one certificate with a hard annual deadline and the one where the consequences of letting it lapse are most serious, both legally and practically.
Gas Safety Certificate at a glance
| Who needs one | Landlords who provide any gas appliance |
|---|---|
| How often | Every 12 months; can be done up to 2 months early without losing the date |
| What it covers | Every gas appliance and flue the landlord provides |
| Copy to tenants | Within 28 days of the check; new tenants before they move in |
| Keep records for | 2 years |
| Price | From £70, record issued on the day |
What gas safety certificates with us includes
- A safety check on every gas appliance and flue you provide as landlord
- Gas tightness, operating pressure and heat input tested
- Ventilation and flue performance checked
- Safety devices verified as working
- The Landlord Gas Safety Record issued on the day
- Copies for you and for your tenant
What does the law require?
Under regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, landlords must ensure that every gas appliance and flue they provide in a rented property is checked for safety at least every twelve months by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Since April 2018 the check can be carried out up to two months before the deadline while keeping the original renewal date, so an early check does not shorten the year. You must give a copy of the record to existing tenants within 28 days of the check, and to any new tenant before they move in. Records must be kept for two years. An appliance the tenant owns and is entitled to take away is not covered by your annual check, although you remain responsible for the pipework that serves it.
What does a gas safety check involve?
Each appliance is checked for gas tightness, correct operating pressure and heat input, adequate ventilation, satisfactory flue performance and the safe functioning of all safety devices. The flue is inspected along its accessible length. Anything found to be at-risk or immediately dangerous is classified accordingly and, where necessary and with permission, disconnected. Leaving a dangerous appliance connected is not something a registered engineer can do.