Does the date you gave the tenant the Gas Safety Record now matter?

So the dust has settled, for a while anyway, following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the case of Trecarrel House Ltd v Rouncefield. The case concerned the serving of a section 21 notice where the landlord’s gas safety record had not been given to the tenant before they occupied the property. Section 36(6) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 requires the landlord to give a copy of a new gas safety record within 28 days of the check and that a copy of the record must be given to a new tenant before they occupy the ...