Gas Safety
Gas safety is one of the most important factors in having a safe home and work place. The dangers that surround unsafe gas appliances are deadly serious. Poorly maintained, faulty or badly installed gas work leads to carbon monoxide poisoning , the effects of which can be fatal.

It's not always easy to spot the difference between an illegal gas fitter for a fully qualified Gas Safe registered engineer. Always ask to see your gas engineer's Gas Safe Register ID card to make sure they are safe and legal. The Gas Safe register is there to make sure you don't fall into the trap of paying for illegal gas work with your health, and possibly your life.

Who runs Gas Safe Register?
Gas Safe Register is run by Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited, a division of Capita Group Plc . They make sure all 120,000 gas engineers on the register are gas safe and qualified to work with gas. Gas Safe Register is the official gas registration body for the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Guernsey appointed by the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each area.

Gas Safe Register replaced CORGI as the gas registration body in Great Britain and Isle of Man on 1 April 2009 and Northern Ireland and Guernsey on 1 April 2010. The HSE carried out a review of gas safety in 2006 which, after consultation with the gas industry, engineers and the public, led to the decision to change to a new gas registration scheme. The contract to run the new scheme was awarded to Capita and they launched Gas Safe Register. The sole focus of the register is on improving and maintaining gas safety to the highest standards.