Jac Davies
21 Aug 2017 · Coroner Aled Gruffydd · Swansea Neath and Port Talbot
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of legal duty for landlords to install smoke alarms in rental properties
“During the course of the inquest it became apparent there was no duty in Wales for landlords to install smoke alarms in properties let out to Tenants”
Responses
2017-0250-Response.pdf ↗· Welsh Government
Stated action · autumn of 2018
“The draft regulations therefore, place a legal duty on both social and private landlords to fit smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and if a landlord fails to do so, their dwelling is to be treated as if it were unfit for human habitation.”