The
Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations
2020 will apply to new tenancies from 1st July 2020 and to existing tenancies
from 1st April 2021. The new regulations require landlords to ensure that all
electrical installations in their rental properties are inspected and tested by
a qualified person every five years. Reports of each inspection to be supplied
to all tenants of the property within 28 days of the inspection, and retained
by the landlord until the next inspection takes place. Breaches of the
regulations could result in financial penalties of up to £30,000.
Inspections
and tests
Under
the regulations, landlords need to ensure that:
Electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises are occupied by a specified tenancy.
Every electrical installation in the residential premises is inspected and tested by a qualified person at regular intervals of at least every five years, or more often if specified in an inspection report.
The first inspection and testing is carried out either before a tenancy starts for new tenancies or by 1st April 2021 for existing tenancies.
Distribution
and retention of reports
Following
inspection and testing, landlords will be required to:
Obtain a report from the person who conducted the inspection and test, which gives the results and the date of the next inspection and test.
Supply a copy of the report to each existing tenant of the property within 28 days of the inspection and test.
Supply a copy of the most recent report to any new tenant to which the report will apply before the tenant moves in and any prospective tenant within 28 days of receiving a written request for it.
supply a copy of the report to the local housing authority within 7 days of receiving a written request for it.
Keep a copy of the report until the next inspection and test is due and give a copy of it to the person who is carrying out the next inspection and test.
Investigative
or remedial work
If,
after an inspection and test, the report requires further investigative or remedial
work to be carried out, the landlord must:
Ensure that further investigative or remedial work is carried out by a qualified person within 28 days, or the period specified in the report if it’s less than 28 days.
Obtain written confirmation from a qualified person that the further investigative or remedial work has been carried out and whether the electrical safety standards have been met or if further investigative or remedial work is required.
Supply that written confirmation, together with a copy of the original report which required the further investigative or remedial work, to each existing tenant of the property within 28 days of the further investigative or remedial work being completed.
Supply that written confirmation, together with a copy of the report which required the further investigative or remedial work, to the local housing authority within 28 days of completion of the further investigative or remedial work.
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