SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Licences under Parts 2 and 3: mandatory conditions
Conditions to be included in licences under Part 2 or 3
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A licence under Part 2 or 3 must include the following conditions.
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Conditions requiring the licence holder, if gas is supplied to the house, to produce to the local housing authority annually for their inspection a gas safety certificate obtained in respect of the house within the last 12 months.
3
Conditions requiring the licence holder—
a
to keep electrical appliances and furniture made available by him in the house in a safe condition;
b
to supply the authority, on demand, with a declaration by him as to the safety of such appliances and furniture.
4
Conditions requiring the licence holder—
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where the house is in England—
i
to ensure that a smoke alarm is installed on each storey of the house on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation, and
ii
to keep each such alarm in proper working order;
a
F4where the house is in Wales, to ensure that smoke alarms are installed in the house and to keep them in proper working order;
b
F5in either case, to supply the authority, on demand, with a declaration by him as to the condition and positioning of such alarms.
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Where the house is in England, conditions requiring the licence holder—
a
to ensure that a carbon monoxide alarm is installed in any room in the house which is used wholly or partly as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance;
b
to keep any such alarm in proper working order; and
c
to supply the authority, on demand, with a declaration by him as to the condition and positioning of any such alarm.
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Conditions requiring the licence holder to supply to the occupiers of the house a written statement of the terms on which they occupy it.
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In sub-paragraph (4A) “room” includes a hall or landing.
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For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (4) and (4A), a bathroom or lavatory is to be treated as a room used as living accommodation.
Additional conditions to be included in licences under Part 3
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A licence under Part 3 must include conditions requiring the licence holder to demand references from persons who wish to occupy the house.
Power to prescribe conditions
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The appropriate national authority may by regulations amend this Schedule so as to alter (by the addition or removal of conditions) the conditions which must be included—
a
in a licence under Part 2 or 3, or
b
only in a licence under one of those Parts.
Interpretation
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In this Schedule “the house” means the HMO or Part 3 house in respect of which the licence is granted.