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      <image:title>Gas Safety - Why is it so important?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• It is the responsibility of the landlord, and their managing agent, to ensure that in all applicable properties, an annual safety check is carried out on each gas appliance/flue. • Failure to do so can lead to prosecution, which in turn can result in imprisonment or a fine of up to £20,000. • If harm is caused and the case is referred to the Crown Court, the maximum penalty may be imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both. •        FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. • Charges can be brought against the Landlord and/or Agent • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for a landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Gas Safety - What is included in the report?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• The address of the property. • A description and location of each appliance/flue checked. • Name, registration number and signature of the engineer who carried out the check. • Date on which the check was carried out and when it expires. • Any safety defect identified, and any action required or taken to rectify it. • Confirmation of the results of the safety checks carried out on the appliances.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>• A certificate may only be accepted as satisfactory if the ‘Safe to Use’ section of the certificate is marked ‘Yes’ • If the certificate is marked ‘No’, any recommended works are mandatory • The Agent/Landlord must ensure the gas supply is turned off and/or the defective appliance is isolated to avoid harm to the tenants • Ensure the gas supply is turned off and/or the gas to the defective appliance is isolated to avoid harm to the tenants. • Should there be a requirement for the gas to be turned off, alternative accommodation for the tenant may be required. • Your Property Manager/Account Manager will arrange an engineer to attend to carry out necessary works.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Smoke &amp; Carbon Monoxide Detectors - Smoke Detectors</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Minimum of one smoke alarm per floor must be installed. • Tenants must test smoke alarms are in working order on a regular basis (e.g., suggested once a month). • It is the responsibility of a tenant to ensure the working order of a smoke alarm (e.g., changing batteries) • Tenant is responsible for reporting if a battery change does not work or is mains-fed unit is not working. • *Heat detectors can often be mistaken for smoke alarms, these are not a suitable replacement.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Smoke &amp; Carbon Monoxide Detectors - Carbon Monoxide Detectors</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Required in any room with a solid fuel appliance (e.g., open fire, wood burner etc.). • Not required for gas appliances (e.g., gas hob), but is a recommendation. • Should be situated 1 to 3 metres away from the potential source of carbon monoxide and are recommended to be at head height. • It is the responsibility of the tenant to ensure these are in working order (e.g., suggested to test once a month). • A tenant is responsible for reporting if a carbon monoxide detector is not working.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Smoke &amp; Carbon Monoxide Detectors - Why is it so important?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• It is the responsibility of the Landlord and their Agent to ensure a property is compliant with current legislation. • To ensure the health and safety of the tenant. • There is a penalty of up to £5,000 and/or a prison sentence for any landlord found not to be compliant. • FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. • Charges can be brought against the Agent as well as the Landlord, as the Landlord has employed the services of an Agent. • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for a Landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Smoke &amp; Carbon Monoxide Detectors - What needs to be done?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• It is a legal requirement for the Landlord, and therefore the Agent, to ensure both smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are present and working at the start of each new tenancy. • Smoke alarms: ideally situated in a circulation space such as hallway/landing. • If an alarm is sounding a periodic ‘beep’ this will indicate the battery requires replacement. –     Mains-fed alarms will also have a back-up battery that may make this sound. –     Mains-fed alarms will require an electrician to attend to carry out battery or entire unit replacements.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blind Cord Safety Regulations - What is the requirement?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Any new blinds with manual cord control, installed into residential or public buildings, must be fitted with a cord retainer at least 1.5m from the floor. • The law does not apply to blinds installed prior to 2014, but best practice recommends all blinds are made safe. • Warning notices have to be provided by manufacturers, to consumers, upon supply/installation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blind Cord Safety Regulations - What needs to be done?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Carry out testing of safety devices of internal blinds/shutters/ curtains – risk assessments are recommended, but not a requirement. • Testing of maximum cord and chain lengths (1.5m from the floor minimum requirement). • Ensure product instructions and relevant warning notices are in place at the start of each new tenancy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) - What is EICR testing?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• It’s an electrical safety standards report that includes testing of the consumer unit (fuse board), wiring and electrical accessories throughout the property. • Can only be carried out by a qualified electrician – will need to have industry recognised qualifications (e.g., NICEIC). • Report is valid for 5 years unless otherwise specified by the engineer/assessor.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) - Why is it important?</image:title>
      <image:caption>•        A mandatory legal requirement of a landlord and their Agent to ensure a valid report is obtained under health and safety. •        Failure to comply carries civil penalties of up to £30,000. •        If any works are identified as required following the report, these must be completed within 28 days, unless a shorter time is specified, to remain compliant or local authorities can carry out the work and bill the Landlord for costs incurred. •        FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. •        Charges can be brought against the Landlord and/or Agent •        Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for the Landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) - What needs to be done?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Keep reports up to date, every 5 years, or less if specified, in line with requirements. • Report will provide the following coding; –     Code 1: risk to life, immediate action must be taken –     Code 2: not compliant to regulations, action required –     Code FI: further investigation required, to be treated with same urgency as C2 –     Code 3: works recommended, but not essential • Remedial works must then be completed within 28 days • Any EICR prior to January 2019 will not be valid unless regulations under Code 1 &amp; Code 2 were completed • Reports from 2019 onwards must be to 18th Edition regulations • Copy must be supplied to Local Authority within 7 days, if requested • HMOs ONLY: defects must be reported to Local Authority and completed within 28 days for licensing purposes • A copy of the report must be given to any prospective tenant when requested, or prior to occupying the property •  A copy must be given to any current tenant within 28 days of completion</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Furniture &amp; Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations - What are the regulations?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• The Furniture and Furnishing Regulations 1993 apply to all soft furnishings provided by Landlords within rental properties. • Soft furnishings within the property must meet fire resistance requirements, these types of furnishings include, but are not limited to, mattresses, sofas, cushions, garden furniture, curtains etc. • Furniture manufactured since March 1989 will comply with these regulations. • Furniture compliant with the regulations will be marked with a label.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Furniture &amp; Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations - Why is it so important?</image:title>
      <image:caption>•       This is a legal requirement of a landlord, and therefore the managing agent, to ensure the property is compliant. • Non-compliance with the regulations is a criminal offence and carries fines of up to £5,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment. • In the event of a death, charges could extend to manslaughter. • FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for a landlord. • Charges can be brought against the landlord and/or agent • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for the landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Furniture &amp; Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations - What needs to be done?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Ensure fire labels are present to all soft furnishings in all properties. • If a label cannot be found, the item of furniture must be removed from the dwelling and/or replaced with a compliant alternative.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Legionella Risk Assessments - What is Legionella?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• Legionnaire’s disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia caused by the inhalation of small droplets of contaminated water containing ‘Legionella’. • Legionella is found in domestic hot and cold water systems (tanks, pipework, showerheads etc.). • They survive in low temperatures between 20-45°C. • Suitable conditions include - ideal temperature range, ‘food’ for organisms to grow (e.g. rust, sludge, scale etc.), stagnant water or re-circulated water.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Legionella Risk Assessments - What needs to be done?</image:title>
      <image:caption>• The landlord/agent is required to carry out a risk assessment only; this does not require a qualified individual but a competent individual with the correct understanding. • The legionnaire assessment will require the following to be checked: – Sources of risk (e.g., water temperature, storing of water, ‘food’ sources). – Implement control measures; flushing water systems, regular cleaning of showerheads and baths etc, ensuring hot water is stored above 60°C. • There is no specification on how often the assessment should be carried out; it is recommended for every 2 years or during visits to the property (e.g., inspections). • Legionella is most important to check if a property has been empty for a significant period of time (water system has not been circulated recently).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>• Landlords have legal responsibilities to ensure the health and safety of their tenant. • Landlords have a legal duty to assess and control the risk of exposure. • Assessments are not regularly monitored by authorities, but should a tenant contract legionnaires, a landlord/agent would need to prove they had fulfilled their legal duty. • Any fines/penalties are dependent on the legislation being used to bring prosecution but can be up to £20,000. • FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for a landlord. • Charges can be brought against the landlord and/or agent • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for the landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) - What is an EPC?</image:title>
      <image:caption>•       A report providing an A-G rating (A being ‘Very Efficient’ and G being ‘Not Very Efficient’) of the overall energy efficiency rating of a property via details such as. – Size of the living space – Construction type of the property (e.g., timber, brick etc.) – Insulation – Lighting – Heating system and controls •       The reports are created to provide information on the typical energy usage and costs of a property and gives recommendations for reducing such usage and increasing efficiency. •       The report must be carried out by a qualified and accredited Domestic Energy Assessor and takes between 20-60 minutes to complete. •       Since 1st October 2008, a report has been required for the advertising of both sales and lettings properties (there is a grace period of 7 days that a property may be advertised, provided a report is ordered and completed with this time scale). •       Regulations were introduced 1st April 2018 requiring all rental properties with new or renewed tenancies to have a minimum ‘E’ rating – this same rule applies for existing tenancies from 1st April 2020 •       An EPC report is valid for 10 years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>•       This is a mandatory requirement of a landlord, and therefore the managing agent’s duty to ensure the Landlord remains compliant. •       Failure to meet the minimum energy efficiency grade could result in up to £5,000 fines. •       A Landlord is unable to serve a Section 21 (Form 6A) notice without a valid EPC being served prior to the start of the tenancy. Although not essential, the EPC is renewed throughout a tenancy, for the purposes of serving a Section 21 (Form 6A), it is considered best practice.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>•       Ensure your property has a valid EPC from 1st April 2020, with a rating of E or above to remain compliant. •       Renew the EPC report every 10 years, in line with legislation. •       Ensure the report is readily available to any prospective Tenants</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>• Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is a check performed by a competent person on electrical appliances to ensure they are safe to use. • This is a visual test with a device used to assess the polarity, insulation etc. of the appliance. • The test covers virtually any appliance with a plug – this includes large appliances such as white goods and cookers, to small appliances such as hairdryers and kettles.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>• PAT testing is a requirement of HMO council licenses • Landlords and Agents have a duty of care to ensure the health and safety of their tenant. • There is currently no legal obligation for all Landlords/ Agents to have the appliances in their property PAT tested, but it is best practice. • Regulations make PAT testing compulsory for HMO’s (Housing of Multiple Occupation). • Landlords and/or Agents of HMO’s may incur large fines of up to £30,000 per breach if the PAT testing has not been completed as required. • Failure for Landlords to keep electrical appliances in safe working order, could result in being sued for negligence. • FAILURE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE. • Charges can be brought against the landlord and/or Agent • Any result in loss of life, due to non-compliance with this regulation could lead to charges as serious as manslaughter for the landlord.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>• Any HMO properties will require PAT testing to be carried out every 5 years. • Carry out regular safety checks on the electrical appliances within the property, e.g., between each tenancy. • Ensure any appliance in the property is safe and has the ‘CE’ safety approval marking.</image:caption>
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