New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 64A

64A Carrying out repairs to smoke alarms as a matter of urgency

(1) A landlord must ensure that a smoke alarm installed in the residential premises is repaired or replaced in accordance with the regulations.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may prescribe the following--

(a) the circumstances in which a particular person, or class of persons, must repair or replace a smoke alarm,

(b) the circumstances in which a person, or class of persons, may repair or replace a smoke alarm,

(c) the time period within which the person must repair or replace a smoke alarm.

(3) A tenant who repairs or replaces a smoke alarm installed in the residential premises under this section is entitled to reimbursement in accordance with the regulations.

(4) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.

(5) In this section--

"repair" a smoke alarm includes maintaining the smoke alarm in working order by installing or replacing a battery in the smoke alarm.

"smoke alarm" includes a heat alarm.