Quite so - and (in the context of this thread) presumably there's no reason why they should necessarily even know that to have the tails routed in close proximity to a gas meter was 'non-compliant' with BS7671 (if they even knew what BS7671 was ).That is very often the case, they are not required to be competent electricians to be a MOP, just trained to safely withdraw the cut-out fuse and change the meter - nothing more!they might not even be regarded as 'competent' to work within a CU!)
Kind Regards, John