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Installations requirements
Statutory requirements
The appliance is suitable only for instal-
lation in GB and IE and should be
installed in accordance with the rules in
force. In GB a Gas Safe Registered
Installer must carry out the installation.
It must be carried out in accordance
with the relevant requirements of the:
Gas safety (installation and use) regulations (current issue)
It is in your own interest and safety to
ensure that the law is complied with.
In addition to the above regulations,
this appliance must be installed in
accordance with the current IEE Wiring
Regulations for electrical installation
(BS 7671), local Building Regulations,
the Building Standards (Scotland)
(Consolidation) Regulations, bye laws
of the local water undertaking and
Health and Safety Document NO. 635,
The Electricity at Work regulations
1989, In Ireland (IE), the installation
must be carried out by a Competent
Person and installed in accordance with
the current edition if I.S.813 "Domestic
Gas Installations", The current Building
Regulations and references should be
made to the current ETCI rules for elec-
trical installation.
It should also be in accordance with the
relevant recommendations in the cur-
rent editions of the following British
Standards and Codes of Practice: BS
5449, BS 5546, BS 5440:1, BS 5440:2,
BS 6798, BS 7593, BS 6891, IGE/UP/7
and IS 813 for IE.
All Registered installers are required to
notify building control when they have
installed or exchanged a gas appliance
in a residential dwelling, this can be
done via Gas Safe.
Gas Safe will then issue either a Build-
ing Compliance Certificate (for England
and Wales) or a Declaration of Safety
(Scotland, Northern Island, Isle of Man
or appliances out of the scope of Build-
ing Regulations) to the homeowner,
which will confirm that the work has
been carried out by a competent Gas
Safe Registered Installer. This docu-
ment will be used to form part of the
Home Information Pack (HIP).
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Please note
Manufacturers instructions must
not be taken
in any way as overriding statu-
tory obligations.
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