Make sure you understand your responsibilities around gas safety.

With the recent Fitness for Human Habitation act going live, adhering to gas safety regulations is more important than ever. As an agent, you are responsible for keeping the certificate up to date, with expired certificates leaving you at risk of fines or more serious charges. And, although it looks like Section 21 is on the way out, not carrying out a gas safety inspection property can affect your ability to serve a Section 21 notice.

In our latest Quick Guide to Gas Safety we asked a specialist in landlord law, Tessa Shepperson, for her advice around handling gas safety inspections. We find out:

• What the law says about gas safety
• What you need to do to make sure your tenants are compliant
• Penalties for non compliance
• How gas safety inspections affect your rights around Section 21 notices

You can download the quick guide for free by filling in the form to the right ➡