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Enforcement: No single statutory enforcer
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

The Regulations contain no enforcement, inspection or offence provision: they define fitness for human habitation under section 91, a term of the occupation contract, so breaches are enforced by the contract-holder through the courts (council housing-hazard powers come from the Housing Act 2004, not this instrument).

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

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Landlord — also bound by 238 other Acts

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 74 duties

Housing Act 1985 55 duties

Housing Act 1996 30 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 27 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 26 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.005 Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms Regulated

Install and maintain smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented propertiesLandlord

s.006 Electrical safety Regulated

Keep a valid electrical condition report and give a copy to your tenantLandlord

35 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Title and commencement

s.001 Damp, mites and mould or fungal growth

s.002 Interpretation

s.002 Cold

s.003 Determining fitness for human habitation

s.003 Heat

s.004 Occupation contracts to which regulations 5 to 8 apply

s.004 Asbestos and manufactured mineral fibres

s.005 Biocides

s.006 Carbon monoxide and fuel combustion products

s.007 Application to converted contracts

s.007 Lead

s.008 Transitional provision relating to regulation 6: pre-existing electrical condition reports

s.008 Radiation

s.009 Uncombusted fuel gas

s.010 Volatile organic compounds

s.011 Crowding and space

s.012 Entry by intruders

s.013 Lighting

s.014 Noise

s.015 Domestic hygiene, pests and refuse

s.016 Food safety

s.017 Personal hygiene, sanitation and drainage

s.018 Water supply

s.019 Falls associated with baths etc.

s.020 Falling on surfaces

s.021 Falling on stairs etc.

s.022 Falling between surfaces

s.023 Electrical hazards

s.024 Fire

s.025 Flames, hot surfaces etc.

s.026 Collision and entrapment

s.027 Explosions

s.028 Position and operability of amenities etc.

s.029 Structural collapse and falling elements

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1 more guide that reference this instrument

Landlord safety duties for rented homes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: alarms, electrics, deposits and shared houses

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

The Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022

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