Hello KeefySher.
I have previously challenged your very dismissive responses to complying with the law in this area of activity.
Clearly you have a very negative opinion about such matters for reason you have already explained, but the law is there and regardless of how you may feel about it, as responsible people we should be advising and encouraging readers to abide by the law.
This is not just to keep people legal, but despite your misgivings, the system of registration will have ensured the correct procedures and tests of the vast majority of works undertaken.
We should not be encouraging readers to be disobedient by suggesting rash or unsafe practices, especially as this area of regulation falls under Criminal Law with significant fines and possible custodial sentences.
Gas Safe has been the scheme name now for nearly 8 years, and anyone who has a close relative or is themselves involved with gas works should be familiar enough to know about the difference and would be likely to quote it correctly especially when writing about it.
No system of registration is perfect, there will always be some activities either unintentional and misguided or deliberate actions that fall foul of the regulations, but the fact is our gas safety record in the UK is well respected world wide.
You are clearly an educated person, and you know full well that your comment about the expiree of a Gas Safe ticket does not mean the holder becomes incompetent at midnight. It simply ,means they are not authorised to carry out works, because their licence has expired.
In respect of a private touring caravan or self propelled motor home for the owners use only, the law has made a special dispensation in the Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations, where the Owner (and therefore no one else) is permitted to work on the gas installation in their touring caravan with no formal evidence of competence. However and as Damain has stated, the work they do must conform to the accepted codes of conduct and safety.
The important corollary of this is that if the caravan is being used by anyone else other than the owner (technically even the owners family) or the caravan is owned by an organisation or business, or it is being used for hire or reward, or it is being used as part of a permanent dwelling or accommodation, then the dispensation in the GSIAUR does not apply because its not just for the owners personal use.
Equally any person other than the owner of the caravan must be fully qualified and regulated before they work on the gas system. Even members of owners family. Asking a family member do to a job is still a contract and even if no money changes hands it make the person a contractor.
Just as much as you detest the references to Health and Safety etc, I detest the crazy dispensation that has allowed a few owners to bodge gas installations, with very serious consequences. I'm not advocating this position for "jobs for the boys", but because in my working life I have had to deal with some of the consequences of these incompetent actions.
I am totally convinced that the principal behinds Health & Safety are there to protect all persons from hazards, and our world would be a much more dangerous place if there was no regard for Health and Safety.
Facebook
Twitter