I.S. 813:2014 was published on the 31st of January 2014 by NSAI. A short list of the significant changes to I.S. 813 from the 2002 edition is available on the RGII website.

For RGII the time has come around again to get out and be on the road to meet the members. A letter detailing the venues and dates has been sent to each member.

Families weep as gas fitter jailed for manslughter of two students

As from 1 March 2014 applicants who wish to register with RGII need to be in possession of a Trade Certificate. This requirement is in addition to the requirements up to that date.

The CER has today, 19th February 2014, published a Press Release regarding the prosecution of an individual who carried out Gas Works while not being registered as a Registered Gas Installer and for portraying himself as a Registered Gas Installer.

Following on from the last TC2 meeting and reviewing the RAPEX list of notifications it was decided to notify all Installers of the potential risk from a LPG regulator that has been recalled in Denmark. Details of the regulator and the issues are detailed below.

CER decision & response paper - modifications to the gas criteria document

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) operates the Registered Gas Installer (RGI) regulatory scheme. To further improve the scheme the CER is introducing the requirement for all RGIs to undertake a competency assessment on a five year cycle, as previously detailed in the Criteria Document (cer08/130v1.3).

A new Gas Installers Representative Panel has been elected.

Bord Gáis Networks have issued correspondence to homeowners in Counties Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Kildare and Wicklow identified by street surveys as having a potential ridge tile flue arrangement. The correspondence advises homeowners to engage an RGI to carry out a survey of their flue system if they believe that they have a ridge tile flue arrangement. This type of survey requires a visual survey of the ridge tile flue arrangement and necessitates access to attic spaces by the RGI.