§ Mr. MillsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue clear and detailed guidelines on the responsibility for costs to private landlords in the implementation of the requirements of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994 in both cases where gas appliances were bought and installed by the landlord or bought and installed by the tenant.
§ Mr. OppenheimI have been asked to reply.
No. However, the Government and the Health and Safety Commission considered the costs to landlords of the specific duties placed upon them by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994, and concluded that these would not be significant, and were justified by the benefits that the duties were designed to secure in reduced incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning from dangerous gas appliances. These specific duties do not apply to tenants.