Gas Safe Register is the official gas registration body for the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Guernsey. It replaced CORGI registration and by law all gas engineers must be on the Gas Safe Register. Their role is to act as a licensing body.
The register (and all services associated with it) is operated on behalf of the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each region in which it operates – i.e. Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Guernsey. As part of this, they also investigate reports of illegal and unsafe gas work. When they investigate these cases the information they gather is passed on to the relevant authority which has the power to prosecute.
In addition, they run public awareness campaigns to make the public aware of the risks of unsafe and illegal gas work and highlight dangers such as carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. We also co-ordinate the industry-wide Gas Safety Week campaign. This runs each year and brings together organizations across the UK to raise awareness of the importance of safe and legal gas work.
To help you quickly find a Gas Safe registered business or engineer you can use our online search online search tool. Simply enter your postcode, select whether the work is domestic or commercial, then select the appliance type and you’ll be given a list of qualified and registered engineers in your area.
You can also check if a specific business is registered by searching by their trading name or Gas Safe registration number. To check an engineer, you’ll need their current seven-digit license number. This can be found on their Gas Safe ID card, which they should be able to show you or tell you over the phone.