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ConstraintCognitive automation1998-10-03
In Great Britain, anyone doing gas work who suspects an appliance is dangerous must promptly tell the person responsible for the premises
Plumberoccupation page →
Event date / reported
1998-10-03
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Explaining the problem to the customer
Telling the customer what has gone wrong, what the options cost and what can wait, often in their home and under some stress.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Great Britain. The regulations say any person carrying out work on gas pipework or fittings who knows or suspects that a gas appliance cannot be used without danger shall forthwith take all reasonably practicable steps to inform the responsible person for the premises (the occupier, the owner or anyone with authority over the fittings) and, where different, the owner of the appliance. In force since 3 October 1998 and not amended since. Gas work only, which many but not all plumbers do, and only when there is danger.
What this means
In Great Britain, telling a household that its appliance is dangerous is a legal duty of the person on the job.
What it does not yet show
Gas work and danger only; it says nothing about explaining options or prices.
What you can check
Open regulation 34 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 and find "shall forthwith take all reasonably practicable steps to inform the responsible person".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
legislation.gov.uk — The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2451), regulation 34 (in force 3 October 1998; no later amendments) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.