The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/1693 |
| Year | 2015 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st October 2015.(2) These Regulations apply to England only.(1) In these Regulations—
- “authorised person” means a person authorised in writing by the local housing authority for the purpose of taking remedial action under regulation 7;
- “building” includes part of a building;
- “penalty charge” means a monetary penalty imposed under regulation 8;
- “premises”(3) does not include vehicles or vessels or—
- (a) an HMO (as defined in section 77 of the Housing Act 2004) in respect of which a licence is required under Part 2 of that Act, or
- (b) a house (as defined in section 99 of that Act) in respect of which a licence is required under Part 3 of that Act;
- “prescribed alarm” means an alarm which is required to be equipped at residential premises under regulation 4(1) (a) ;
- “remedial action” means action—
- (a) to install a prescribed alarm;
- (b) to repair a prescribed alarm; or
- (c) to check a prescribed alarm is in proper working order;
- “remedial notice” means a notice requiring the landlord on whom it is served to take such remedial action as is specified in the notice in accordance with regulation 5(2) (c) ;
- “rent” includes any sum paid in the nature of rent;
- “residential premises”(4) means premises (as defined above) all or part of which comprise a dwelling; and
- “specified tenancy” means a tenancy(5) of residential premises in England which—
- (a) grants one or more persons the right to occupy all or part of the premises as their only or main residence;
- (b) provides for payment of rent (whether or not a market rent) ; and
- (c) is not a tenancy of a description specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
- “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 1988(7) on the coming to an end of a fixed term shorthold tenancy;
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(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;
- “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.
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