Landlord fined £10000 have you got an Up to Date Fire Risk Assessment?
A Landlord has received substancial fines, and prosecuted under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
City of Westminster Magistrate’s court fined landlord £10000 for seven breaches of the legislation at his property near Stratham Common, South London. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay substantial costs.
During an inspection in April 2007, fire officers found that no Fire Risk Assessment had been carried out, there were no fire safety procedures in place, storage was blocking the escape route and smoke alarms had been removed. In addition, tenants had not been informed about the fire safety arrangements.
An enforcement notice was served highlighting the work that needed to be done to correct matters, but these were not met by the time officers visited again in October 2007. In sentencing, the District Judge viewed it as an extremely serious case and one where profit was put before safety.
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