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4.—(1) Alarms specified at regulation 3(1) to (3) must be—
(a)smoke and heat alarms interlinked;
(b)installed alarms which may either be hard wired or battery sealed or a combination of both.
(2) Smoke and heat alarms must be installed and maintained in accordance with British Standard BS 5839-6;
(3) Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed and maintained in accordance with British Standard BS EN 50292 and do not need to be interlinked.
(4) In relation to paragraph (1)(b) battery sealed alarms should be tamper-proof units with long life batteries.
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