UK Statutory Instrument SI 2005 England

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005

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Enforced by
Local Authority
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.005 Inspections Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Authority must inspect premises and record their conditionLocal authority
s.006 Seriousness of hazards Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Authority must calculate the seriousness of housing hazardsLocal authority
6 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and application
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Prescribed descriptions of hazard
s.004 Prescribed fire hazard
s.007 Prescribed bands
s.008 Category of hazard
Schedules

Schedules

0 of 35 shown
35 other schedules
s.sch001 Matters and Circumstances (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Damp and mould growth
s.sch001 Volatile organic compounds
s.sch001 Crowding and space
s.sch001 Entry by intruders
s.sch001 Lighting
s.sch001 Noise
s.sch001 Domestic hygiene, pests and refuse
s.sch001 Food safety
s.sch001 Personal hygiene, sanitation and drainage
s.sch001 Water supply
s.sch001 Falls associated with baths etc
s.sch001 Excess cold
s.sch001 Falling on level surfaces etc
s.sch001 Falling on stairs etc
s.sch001 Falling between levels
s.sch001 Electrical hazards
s.sch001 Fire
s.sch001 Flames, hot surfaces etc
s.sch001 Collision and entrapment
s.sch001 Explosions
s.sch001 Position and operability of amenities etc
s.sch001 Structural collapse and falling elements
s.sch001 Excess heat
s.sch001 Asbestos and MMF
s.sch001 Biocides
s.sch001 Carbon monoxide and fuel combustion products
s.sch001 Lead
s.sch001 Radiation
s.sch001 Uncombusted fuel gas
s.sch002 Classes of Harm (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 Class I
s.sch002 Class II
s.sch002 Class III
s.sch002 Class IV

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