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Landlords Responsibilities

The nation's landlords are busy filling their rental properties with young people seeking a cheap home. However recent changes to the law have put pressure on landlords to make sure they don't cut corners on the electrical safety of their properties.

Electrical safety body the NICEIC warns landlords who rent out property to make sure their electrical systems are regularly checked to ensure their tenants are protected from dangerous electrics which cause 10 deaths, 750 serious injuries and over 12,500 fires every year.

New building regulations introduced last year mean that landlords must either use a government authorised electrician to carry out electrical work in residential properties or if landlords do the work themselves, they must notify the local building control office who will carry out inspections during and on completion of the work at a cost to you.

Apart from for very minor work, a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate must be issued for any electrical work carried out on a property since 1 January 2005.

Jim Speirs, director general of NICEIC said: "This new law encourages landlords to use government-authorised electricians to carry out work and make regular checks and repairs on their properties to make them safe and fit to live in.

A landlord is responsible for maintaining the electrical installation in their property and for having it inspected and tested at least every 10 years or on change of occupancy. Before a tenant moves into a property or signs a tenancy agreement, a responsible landlord should make sure the electrics have been tested for electrical safety and if there are faults, to get them corrected by a government-authorised electrician.

Always make sure that your electrics are regularly checked, maintained and kept in a safe condition by an authorised electrician.