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Preparing Your Propertyreparing Your Property –– RRegulationsegulations
Preparing Your PropertyPreparing Your Property –– RRegulationsegulations
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As a Landlord you are legally responsible for ensuring the property and its contents are
let in a tenantable and more importantly safe condition. The main regulations that you
should be aware of are as follows:-
Gas Safety Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulation 1998
It is a legal requirement to have all gas appliances fully serviced and checked annually.
All plumbers who carry out repairs or serving to gas central heating systems or Calor gas
appliances MUST be registered with GAS SAFE. Complying with the Regulations is a
legal requirement and failure to do so is a criminal offence. At the start of the tenancy we
must have a current Landlord Safety Certificate to provide to the tenants. We can
arrange this for you should you not have details of a Gas Safe Engineer.
Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
Unlike the gas regulations it is not mandatory to have electrical equipment checked each
year. Failure to ensure that the electrical equipment and appliances are safe however, IS
a criminal offence. In the event of an electrical accident, injury or death of a Tenant it is
up to you as a Landlord to prove the installations and appliances were in a safe
condition. Without proof of an Electrical Safety Certificate you could be liable for
prosecution under the Consumer Protection Act (1987)
There are two main Acts of Parliament that impose a statutory duty on landlords with
respect to the safety of electrical equipment:
1. The Consumer Protection Act 1987
2. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The Consumer Protection Act affects all persons who let property in the course of their
business because it defines them as "suppliers", i.e. they are supplying goods to the
tenant. There are several items of secondary legislation under the umbrella of the
Consumer protection Act which are directly relevant to the supply of electrical goods,
including:
1. The Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Regulations 1989
2. The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
3. The General Product Safety Regulations 1994
4. The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994
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Preparing Your PropertyPreparing Your Property –– RRegulationsegulations
P
As a Landlord you are legally responsible for ensuring the property and its contents are
let in a tenantable and more importantly safe condition. The main regulations that you
should be aware of are as follows:-
Gas Safety Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulation 1998
It is a legal requirement to have all gas appliances fully serviced and checked annually.
All plumbers who carry out repairs or serving to gas central heating systems or Calor gas
appliances MUST be registered with GAS SAFE. Complying with the Regulations is a
legal requirement and failure to do so is a criminal offence. At the start of the tenancy we
must have a current Landlord Safety Certificate to provide to the tenants. We can
arrange this for you should you not have details of a Gas Safe Engineer.
Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
Unlike the gas regulations it is not mandatory to have electrical equipment checked each
year. Failure to ensure that the electrical equipment and appliances are safe however, IS
a criminal offence. In the event of an electrical accident, injury or death of a Tenant it is
up to you as a Landlord to prove the installations and appliances were in a safe
condition. Without proof of an Electrical Safety Certificate you could be liable for
prosecution under the Consumer Protection Act (1987)
There are two main Acts of Parliament that impose a statutory duty on landlords with
respect to the safety of electrical equipment:
1. The Consumer Protection Act 1987
2. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The Consumer Protection Act affects all persons who let property in the course of their
business because it defines them as "suppliers", i.e. they are supplying goods to the
tenant. There are several items of secondary legislation under the umbrella of the
Consumer protection Act which are directly relevant to the supply of electrical goods,
including:
1. The Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Regulations 1989
2. The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
3. The General Product Safety Regulations 1994
4. The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994
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