UK Statutory Instrument SI 2022 United Kingdom

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022

These Regulations impose duties on landlords of residential premises in respect of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The Regulations amend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) to extend the current duties and to impose such duties on landlords who are registered providers of social …

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Enforced by
RSH
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord1

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Housing Act 1985 55 duties
Housing Act 1996 30 duties

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.006 Amendment of regulation 5: duty of local housing authority to serve a remedial notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must review landlord challenges to remedial noticesLocal authority
s.007 Amendment of regulation 6: duty of relevant landlord to comply with a remedial notice Regulated
  • Complete remedial action after a suspended notice is confirmedLandlord
s.008 Amendment of regulation 7: duty of local housing authority to arrange remedial action Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Council must arrange repairs if a landlord ignores a remedial noticeLocal authority
s.009 Amendment of regulation 8: penalty for breach of the duty under regulation 6(1) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities may penalise landlords for failing to repair alarmsLocal authority
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
s.002 Amendment of the 2015 Regulations
s.003 Amendment of regulation 1: application provision
s.004 Amendment of regulation 3: definition of relevant landlord
s.005 Amendment of regulation 4: duties of relevant landlord in relation to prescribed alarms
s.010 Amendment of regulation 14: service of notices
s.011 Insertion of new regulation 16: review
s.012 Amendment of the Schedule: excluded tenancies
s.013 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the Housing Act 2004
s.014 Transitional provision

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Building compliance quick check

Fast compliance verification for experienced property managers. Checklist format covering electrical, gas, water, HVAC, lifts, and energy performance requirements.

Building compliance for new property owners

Comprehensive guide to understanding and meeting your legal obligations for building safety, maintenance, and energy performance when you acquire commercial premises.
3 more guides that reference this instrument
Fire safety duties for landlords of residential properties Chimney and flue compliance for business premises Gas safety compliance for commercial premises

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.