Landlord gas safety certificates - CP12

"It’s a legal requirement if you are a landlord "

As a landlord you need a Gas Safety Certificate/CP12 for every gas appliance in your rental property. It’s a legal requirement and each individual certificate has to be renewed every year.

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As a landlord, you are responsible for the maintenance of the gas pipes, appliances and flues of all items that are part of the property. Annual maintenance should be carried out in accordance with the appliance manufacturer’s instructions/manuals, and you should keep records of the services.

A copy of the records also need to be given to your tenants. The checks carried out by a Gas Safe engineer must ensure that the appliances are working correctly, with no signs of faults. The inspection will also check that no dangerous fumes are escaping.

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Heres what the certificate will contain

  • A description and location of each appliance/flue checked

  • Name, registration number and signature of the engineer

  • Date on which the check was carried out

  • The address of the property where the appliance/flue is installed

  • The name and address of the landlord (or their agent where applicable)

  • Any safety defect identified and any action required or taken to rectify it

  • Confirmation of the results of the operational safety checks