PART 2Prescribed alarms
Duties of relevant landlord in relation to prescribed alarms4
1
A relevant landlord in respect of a specified tenancy must ensure that—
a
during any period beginning on or after 1st October 2015 when the premises are occupied under the tenancy—
i
a smoke alarm is equipped on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation;
ii
a carbon monoxide alarm is equipped in any room of the premises which is used wholly or partly as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance; and
b
checks are made by or on behalf of the landlord to ensure that each prescribed alarm is in proper working order on the day the tenancy begins if it is a new tenancy.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a bathroom or lavatory is to be treated as a room used as living accommodation.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a tenancy begins on the day on which, under the terms of the tenancy, the tenant is entitled to possession under that tenancy.
4
In this regulation—
“new tenancy” means a tenancy granted on or after 1st October 2015, but does not include—
- a
a tenancy granted in pursuance of an agreement entered into before that date;
- b
a periodic shorthold tenancy which arises under section 5 of the Housing Act 19887 on the coming to an end of a fixed term shorthold tenancy;
- c
a tenancy which comes into being on the coming to an end of an earlier tenancy, under which, on its coming into being—
- i
the landlord and tenant are the same as under the earlier tenancy as at its coming to an end; and
- ii
the premises let are the same or substantially the same as those let under the earlier tenancy as at that time;
- i
- a
“room” includes a hall or landing; and
“shorthold tenancy” means an assured shorthold tenancy within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988.