09/11/2017
Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in private rented properties (E)
Landlords, letting agents, local authorities and tenants have been invited to respond to a review of 2015 regulations requiring private sector landlords to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in living accommodation and ensure they are all in working order at the start of each tenancy.
Made under the Energy Act 2013, the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations 2015 require private rented sector landlords to have
- at least one smoke alarm installed on every storey with a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation
- a carbon monoxide alarm in any room wholly or partly used as living accommodation and containing a solid fuel burning appliance
While landlords are required to ensure the alarms are working at the start of a new tenancy, tenants are recommended to take responsibility for testing them thereafter.
The regulations do not apply to
- registered providers of social housing
- licensed houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
- leases of more than 7 years
- student halls, hostels, refuges, care homes, hospitals, hospices etc
- holiday lets
‘Review of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations 2015’ – which does not indicate any intention to change the regulations – includes links to guidance for landlords and local authorities and to the regulations themselves, as well as a series of questions designed to help assess how effective they are.
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