Gas Engineer
Domestic and commercial gas installation and servicing
Regulations & compliance
| Regulator | Health and Safety Executive |
|---|---|
| GSIUR 1998 | Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 |
| BS 6891:2015 + A1:2019 | Specification for the installation and maintenance of low-pressure gas pipework up to 35mm |
| IGEM/UP/1B Edition 4 | Tightness testing and direct purging of small Liquefied Petroleum Gas/Air, Natural Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas installations Edition: UP/1B-Ed.4 |
| Regulator | Health and Safety Executive |
|---|---|
| HSAWA 1974 | Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| MHSWR 1999 | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 |
| CDM 2015 | Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 |
| RIDDOR 2013 | Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 |
| Regulator | HM Revenue and Customs |
|---|---|
| TMA 1970 | Taxes Management Act 1970 |
| MTD ITSA | Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment |
| Regulator | Commission for Regulation of Utilities |
|---|---|
| IS 813:2025+AC1:2026 | Domestic Gas Installations (Edition 4; +AC1:2026 corrigendum, published 27 March 2026; full compliance from 30 June 2026) Edition: IS 813:2025+AC1:2026 |
| IS 820 | Non-domestic gas installations |
| IS EN 1775 | Gas supply to buildings |
| Regulator | Health and Safety Authority |
|---|---|
| SHWWA 2005 | Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 |
| SI 291 of 2013 | Construction Regulations 2013 (Irish equivalent of UK CDM 2015) |
| SI 299 of 2007 | Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 |
| Regulator | The Revenue Commissioners of Ireland |
|---|---|
| Form 11 | Self-employed annual return |
| Pay and File | Annual deadline 31 October (extended ~15 November for ROS filers) |
| Preliminary Tax | Pay current year tax in advance based on prior year |
| RCT | Relevant Contracts Tax — construction principal contractor tax withholding (0/20/35% rates) |
Qualifications
- ACS CCN1 (core domestic gas safety)
- ACS CENWAT (central heating boilers and water heaters)
- ACS HTR1 (gas fires and space heaters)
- ACS CKR1 (domestic cookers)
- ACS MET1 (domestic gas meters)
- ACS CPA1 (combustion performance analysis)
Scheme bodies
- Gas Safe Register
Insurance
- Public liability insurance
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Tools cover
- Van insurance
Your package
Simplogic for gas & electrical is the gas engineer package. Your certificates — CP12, EICR, EIC, minor works — filled in on the phone at the job, with the invoice coming off the back of the same visit. It works in a boiler cupboard with no signal, and every job you write up is kept and dated and yours.
Checked against the cited legislation on . Regulations change — follow the links above before you rely on any of this.