Legal requirements for Landlords - Health & Safety Procedures
As the landlord, it is your legal responsibility to conform to Health and Safety regulations. Including, Fire regulations, Gas Safe registration and electrical appliance safety testing.
Health & Safety Procedures:
Fire Regulations
Any upholstered furniture or furnishings supplied as part of the let must conform to the relevant parts of the Furniture and Fire Safety Regulations and should be clearly marked with permanent labels certifying fire safety compliance.
All properties should be fitted with a hard wired smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector, and a fire blanket should be supplied in the kitchen.
Gas
You have a legal responsibility to ensure that all the gas appliances in your property are safe, in good order and tested annually by an engineer registered with the Gas Safe Register. You must provide tenants with a valid gas safety certificate to demonstrate that all gas appliances have been tested as safe and this certificate must be renewed every year.
Electricity
Landlords have a legal responsibility to take all reasonable steps to ensure that all electrical appliances supplied as part of the let are safe to use. We require all electrical appliances to be tested for electrical safety on an annual basis (Portable Appliance Test) and electrical wiring circuits and mains boards to be checked every 5 years (Periodic Inspection Report).