PART 6Licences under Parts 2 and 3 of the Housing Act 2004
Amendments to Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 200415.
(1)
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 2004 (licences under parts 2 and 3: mandatory conditions)—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (4)—
(i)
“(za)
where the house is in England—
(i)
to ensure that a smoke alarm is installed on each storey of the house on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation, and
(ii)
to keep each such alarm in proper working order;”;
(ii)
in paragraph (a), at the beginning insert “where the house is in Wales,”
(iii)
in paragraph (b), at the beginning insert “in either case,”;
(b)
“(4A)
Where the house is in England, conditions requiring the licence holder—
(a)
to ensure that a carbon monoxide alarm is installed in any room in the house which is used wholly or partly as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance;
(b)
to keep any such alarm in proper working order; and
(c)
to supply the authority, on demand, with a declaration by him as to the condition and positioning of any such alarm.”; and
(c)
“(6)
In sub-paragraph (4A) “room” includes a hall or landing.
(7)
For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (4) and (4A), a bathroom or lavatory is to be treated as a room used as living accommodation.”
(2)
The amendments made by paragraph (1) apply only to licences granted or renewed on or after 1st October 2015.