The Agriculture (Model Clauses for Fixed Equipment) (England) Regulations 2015

Repairs and replacements E+W

1.—(1) The landlord must repair or replace the following parts of the farmhouse, cottages and farm buildings—

(a) roofs, bargeboards, fascias and soffits, eaves guttering and downpipes;

(b) chimney stacks, chimney linings and chimney pots;

(c) main walls and exterior walls, however constructed, including structural frames and cladding;

(d) interior repair or decoration made necessary as a result of structural defect to the parts specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);

(e) walls and fences of open and covered yards and garden walls;

(f) floors and floor joists;

(g) ceiling joists and timbers;

(h) exterior and interior staircases and fixed ladders (including bannisters or handrails) of the farmhouse and cottages;

(i) doors, windows and skylights and their frames and sills but not door and window furniture including sash cord, locks, fastenings and glass and glass substitute unless the repair or replacement of glass or glass substitute is a consequence of the condition of the doors, windows, skylights or their frames;

(j) roof and wall insulation; and

(k) fireplaces, firebacks and firebricks.

(2) The landlord must repair or replace the following water and drainage systems—

(a) underground water supply pipes, wells, boreholes, reservoirs and all connected underground installations (excluding removeable covers and tops);

(b) sewage disposal systems including septic tanks, filtering media, and cess pools (excluding removeable covers and tops);

(c) reed beds for water and sewage treatment; and

(d) slurry, silage and other effluent systems excluding anaerobic digesters (excluding removeable covers and tops).

(3) The landlord must repair or replace the following gas, electrical and safety detection systems—

(a) gas pipes, fixed liquid petroleum and gas tanks;

(b) the electrical supply system including the consumer board but excluding sockets, switches, light fittings and similar electrical furniture; and

(c) fire and carbon monoxide detectors and alarms.

(4) In respect of sub-paragraph (3)(b), the landlord must—

(a) have the electrical supply system regularly inspected, maintained and serviced;

(b) keep full records of any work carried out; and

(c) make the records of work available to the tenant if the tenant asks to see them.

(5) The landlord must replace anything specified in paragraph 9(1) (tenant’s liability to repair) which has worn out or become incapable of repair unless the tenant is liable to replace it under paragraph 9(3).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1(1)