Gas and Electrical Safety Check Victoria: Booking Both Together
Short answer: Victoria's rental safety rules run gas and electrical checks on parallel, separate tracks, a gas safety check by a licensed gasfitter and an electrical safety check by a licensed electrician, both required every 2 years. They're different trades and different licences, but many providers book both around the same time to simplify compliance.
Two separate legal requirements, same cadence
A Victorian rental provider's gas safety check, covered in detail in our main VIC guide, is a distinct legal requirement from the electrical safety check, and each is carried out by a different licensed tradesperson: a licensed or registered gasfitter for gas, a licensed electrician for electrical. Both are required on the same recurring cycle under the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021, at least once every two years.
The Victorian Government's broader rental safety reform, extending mandatory 2-yearly gas and electrical safety checks to all residential rental properties regardless of when the lease began, treats these as a matched pair of protections rather than one being an add-on to the other. Announced alongside expanded smoke alarm requirements, the intent is a rental property with current, documented checks across all three: gas, electrical and smoke alarms.
Why booking them together is common practice
Nothing in the regulations requires you to book gas and electrical checks on the same day, but many property managers do, since it means one coordinated access visit for the tenant rather than two separate ones, and it's easier to track a single compliance date per property instead of two staggered ones. Some tradespeople and inspection businesses offer combined gas-and-electrical safety check packages specifically for this reason.
If you do combine them, keep the records separate: the gasfitter's report and licence details for the gas check, the electrician's report and licence details for the electrical check. They're two different compliance obligations even when delivered on the same visit.
What to disclose to renters
The disclosure obligation applies to both: before a new tenancy starts, tell the renter the date of the last gas safety check and the date of the last electrical safety check, along with any outstanding recommendations from either. Bundling the paperwork into one document for the renter is good practice, even though the underlying checks remain legally distinct.
Frequently asked questions
Can the same tradesperson do both the gas and electrical safety check?
No, they require different licences: a licensed or registered gasfitter for gas, a licensed electrician for electrical. Many businesses offer combined booking, but the work is done by separately licensed trades.
Do gas and electrical safety checks need to happen on the same date?
No, they're separate obligations. Many rental providers choose to schedule them together for convenience, but it isn't a legal requirement.
Sources
- Premier of Victoria: Making Victorian Rentals Safer
- Consumer Affairs Victoria: Rental providers, gas and electrical safety
Checked July 2026. General information only, not legal advice: see our about page.
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