26/03/2020
At Plymouth Crown Court this month landlord Thomas Brumby pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 36(3)(a) and 36(2)(a) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and was sentenced to 15 weeks in prison for each offence, both suspended for 18 months .
HSE : Improvement Notice
A previous tenant of Mr Brumby’s rental property in Plymouth contacted HSE saying that no landlord’s gas safety checks had been carried out for three years. Despite numerous attempts by HSE to contact Mr Brumby, he failed to reply.
HSE served an Improvement Notice requiring Mr Brumby to arrange for the gas appliances at the property to be checked and maintained. Mr Brumby ignored this Notice.
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