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18/01/2013
Landlord Fined For Ignoring Gas Safety Warnings
A Chester landlord has been fined after ignoring repeated warnings about gas safety at a property she rented out in the city.
Nahida Hashim, 28, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after she failed to arrange for a registered gas engineer to visit a house on Queens Avenue between October 2009 and October 2011.
Chester Magistrates' Court was told that landlords are legally required to arrange annual gas safety checks of their properties to ensure the safety of tenants.
However, Ms Hashim neglected to do so despite being contacted on several occasions about the issue.
The court heard that she was first contacted by a Housing Standards Officer at Cheshire West and Chester Council in May 2011 asking to see a copy of the Landlord Gas Safety Record for the property.
HSE then wrote to her on two occasions in July after she failed to respond to the council's request, but it also received no reply.
In September, HSE issued Ms Hashim with an Improvement Notice giving her 21 days to arrange a gas safety check and provide proof it had been carried out. Again, she ignored this.
Nahida Hashim pleaded guilty to breaching the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 by failing to arrange an annual gas safety check and failing to comply with an Improvement Notice. The landlord, of Tarvin Road in Littleton, Chester, was fined £400 and ordered to pay £1,000 in prosecution costs.
(CD/GK)
Nahida Hashim, 28, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after she failed to arrange for a registered gas engineer to visit a house on Queens Avenue between October 2009 and October 2011.
Chester Magistrates' Court was told that landlords are legally required to arrange annual gas safety checks of their properties to ensure the safety of tenants.
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However, Ms Hashim neglected to do so despite being contacted on several occasions about the issue.
The court heard that she was first contacted by a Housing Standards Officer at Cheshire West and Chester Council in May 2011 asking to see a copy of the Landlord Gas Safety Record for the property.
HSE then wrote to her on two occasions in July after she failed to respond to the council's request, but it also received no reply.
In September, HSE issued Ms Hashim with an Improvement Notice giving her 21 days to arrange a gas safety check and provide proof it had been carried out. Again, she ignored this.
Nahida Hashim pleaded guilty to breaching the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 by failing to arrange an annual gas safety check and failing to comply with an Improvement Notice. The landlord, of Tarvin Road in Littleton, Chester, was fined £400 and ordered to pay £1,000 in prosecution costs.
(CD/GK)
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