Gas, yes; EICR, absolutely not. If you emplyer says otherwise, ask for the law or regulation requiring it.
There is NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT at the moment for any EICR for domestic properties, nor is there any specified retest period. What there IS is a legal requirement to ensure that electrical installation and any supplied appliances are "safe" both at the start of a tenancy and during it. This is most easily satisfied by getting a magic EICR so that if the brown stuff should hit the fan, you can stand in the dock and say "but the nice sparky said it was safe".
The "at the start of the tenancy" bit is presumably why so many advocate an EICR at every change of tenant. IMO, a visual inspection is sufficient to look for alterations and tampering - and a full inspection only if there's evidence of the previous tenant having fiddled with stuff. Obviously, part of the judgement will be the type of tenants - we generally have the sort where tampering is not something we are bothered with.
During the tenancy, IMO there is no need for EICRs to some set schedule (or at all, depending on type of tenants). But if periodic inspections (of the property, not specifically electrics) spot anything fiddled with then that could be reason to have an EICR done regardless of whether it's due or not.
There is NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT at the moment for any EICR for domestic properties, nor is there any specified retest period. What there IS is a legal requirement to ensure that electrical installation and any supplied appliances are "safe" both at the start of a tenancy and during it. This is most easily satisfied by getting a magic EICR so that if the brown stuff should hit the fan, you can stand in the dock and say "but the nice sparky said it was safe".
The "at the start of the tenancy" bit is presumably why so many advocate an EICR at every change of tenant. IMO, a visual inspection is sufficient to look for alterations and tampering - and a full inspection only if there's evidence of the previous tenant having fiddled with stuff. Obviously, part of the judgement will be the type of tenants - we generally have the sort where tampering is not something we are bothered with.
During the tenancy, IMO there is no need for EICRs to some set schedule (or at all, depending on type of tenants). But if periodic inspections (of the property, not specifically electrics) spot anything fiddled with then that could be reason to have an EICR done regardless of whether it's due or not.