Caravan site owner operated without gas safety certificate
A caravan at a site in Cornwall was rented out without gas safety certificates.
The site's owner was given a two year conditional discharge at Court and ordered to pay £3,000 costs after failing to ensure gas appliances in the caravan were in a safe condition.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), prosecuting, told the court that was served with an Improvement Notice after she failed to provide a gas safety certificate for the caravan, who had a gas fire, cooker and boiler installed.
Despite the notice, she did not arrange for a registered gas fitter to check the appliances and issue a safety certificate for the caravan near St Austell.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector, Georgina Speake, said:
"Landlords have a legal obligation to ensure gas appliances are properly checked every year and are issued with certificates to prove the work has been done.
"Gas is a deadly killer and entirely preventable tragedies have taken place where carbon monoxide leaks have occurred."
The landlord pleaded guilty after she failed to comply with the Improvement Notice.
Updated on 9/13/2011