• Login
  • Join
  • Access Problems
  • Status
GRL Landlord Association
  • RH (Wales) Act
  • Home
  • Pricing
  • Subscribers
  • Services/Discounts
  • Forms
  • Recent
  • Contact
  • Find Answers
    • England Guidance
    • Wales Guidance
    • Housing Changes Timeline (E/W)
    • Admin/Tech Support
    • Search Website
    • Weekly Digest (Subscribe)
  • Ask a Question
    • Ask Question
    • View Questions
    • Your Q & A Activity (from Sept 2020)
Select Page

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Changes (England)

by guildy | 24 May 2022 | New Legislation, News, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (England)

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm

The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (links to draft as not published yet) will commence from 1 October 2022.

The regulations amend The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015.

They apply to England, and below are the main changes.

Contents

  • 1 Carbon monoxide alarms
  • 2 Repair smoke and CO alarms
  • 3 Representations after a notice from the local authority
    • 3.1 Defence
  • 4 Review of the regulations
  • 5 More information

Carbon monoxide alarms

The duty to install carbon monoxide alarms is extended to any living room (including a bathroom or lavatory) containing a fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker. These must be installed before 1 October.

Repair smoke and CO alarms

Following a report made by a tenant (or representative) to the landlord, if an alarm is found not to be in proper working order, the alarm is to be repaired or replaced.

Whether the alarm is in proper working order and any required repair or replacement must be carried out as soon as reasonably practicable.

Representations after a notice from the local authority

If the local authority serves a remedial notice on the landlord concerning an alarm, the landlord may make representations regarding the notice within 28 days.

The amendment provides that the local authority must consider those representations. The notice is suspended until the local authority has considered the representations and decided whether to confirm or withdraw the notice.

The local authority must inform the landlord within seven days of making a decision, and if they fail to do so, the remedial notice is withdrawn.

If confirmed, the landlord (or representative) must complete the action contained in the notice within 21 days.

Defence

A landlord is not to be taken to be in breach of taking the necessary action if the landlord can show they have taken all reasonable steps to comply with the duty.

Suppose the landlord is prevented from entering the premises by a tenant or occupier. In that case, the landlord will not have failed to have taken all reasonable steps to comply with the notice solely because of a failure to bring legal proceedings to secure entry to the premises.

Review of the regulations

The Secretary of State must review the regulations and publish a report setting out the review’s conclusions from time to time.

More information

Please see our smoke and CO alarm page for more details.

Coronavirus Guidance

View now ...

Discounted landlords buildings insurance

Landlords Building Insurance

Guild subscribers can get preferential rates for landlords buildings insurance especially designed for landlords

Read more ...

Tenant Referencing Service

Tenant Referencing

Tenant Referencing Service

Read more ...

Recent Articles

  • Is Your Home Earning More Than You? 24/06/2022
  • Are You an Unwitting Non-Resident Landlord? 23/06/2022
  • Renting Homes Amending Regulations (Wales) 23/06/2022
  • No Gas Safety Record Before Occupation and Section 21 22/06/2022
  • Renters’ Reform Bill – White Paper 21/06/2022

Navigation

  • RH (Wales) Act
  • Home
  • Pricing
  • Subscribers
  • Services/Discounts
  • Forms
  • Recent
  • Contact
  • Find Answers
    • England Guidance
    • Wales Guidance
    • Housing Changes Timeline (E/W)
    • Admin/Tech Support
    • Search Website
    • Weekly Digest (Subscribe)
  • Ask a Question
    • Ask Question
    • View Questions
    • Your Q & A Activity (from Sept 2020)

Navigation

  • RH (Wales) Act
  • Home
  • Pricing
  • Subscribers
  • Services/Discounts
  • Forms
  • Recent
  • Contact
  • Find Answers
    • England Guidance
    • Wales Guidance
    • Housing Changes Timeline (E/W)
    • Admin/Tech Support
    • Search Website
    • Weekly Digest (Subscribe)
  • Ask a Question
    • Ask Question
    • View Questions
    • Your Q & A Activity (from Sept 2020)

Subscribers

  • Login
  • Join
  • Access Problems
  • Status

Please login

Please login to see your active subscriptions and account links.

Terms, About Us and Status

General terms and conditions

Website terms

Privacy policy

About Us

Status

(c) Guild of Residential Landlords

Recent Articles

  • Is Your Home Earning More Than You? 24/06/2022
  • Are You an Unwitting Non-Resident Landlord? 23/06/2022
  • Renting Homes Amending Regulations (Wales) 23/06/2022
  • No Gas Safety Record Before Occupation and Section 21 22/06/2022
  • Renters’ Reform Bill – White Paper 21/06/2022
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS