HSE Turns Down NAPIT
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has
turned down an application by the National Association of Professional
Inspectors & Testers (NAPIT) to operate a second gas registration
scheme alongside CORGI.
John Andrews, NAPIT’s chief executive,
said: “We
are disappointed with the decision reached by the HSE and will
be launching a formal appeal immediately. The HSE has never been
to the NAPIT office or even invited us to visit them to discuss
this application and we are surprised that a decision has been
reached without any dialogue.”
CORGI’s CEO, Mike Thompson,
said: “We welcome the
decision by the HSE to turn down NAPIT’s application but
the opportunity for other organisations to put in similar applications
to run a gas scheme is still there. Our concern with this practice
is that to have more than one gas registration body would be
extremely detrimental to the gas safety of the UK.”
The
HSE is in the process of a Fundamental Review into the current
gas safety regime and is expected to announce its recommendations
early in the New Year.
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