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News Release from: Park City Consulting | Subject: Landlord and tenant liabilities
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 April 2005
Landlords and tenants be aware of
responsibilities
Are you a landlord or a tenant? Are you aware of your responsibilities? Are you breaking health and safety law? Park City Consulting takes a look at some of the many 'grey' areas.
Are you a landlord or a tenant? Are you aware of your responsibilities? Are you breaking Health and Safety law? There are many 'grey' areas associated within a profusion of legislation currently in the statute book The danger is that if an unsuspecting tenant engages the services of a contractor that is not approved or vetted by the landlord and the work results in breaches of Statutory Instruments, prosecutions could follow
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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For example, a tenant who sub-lets part of his/her work area to a third party and does not co-operate with them in fire and emergency evacuation arrangements (evacuation drills etc).
These specific health and safety concerns relate to SI 1992/3242 Regulation 11: Co-operation and co-ordination 11 - (1).
Where two or more employers share a workplace (whether on a temporary or a permanent basis), each such employer shall - (a) co-operate with the other employers concerned so far as is necessary to enable them to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed upon them by or under the relevant statutory provisions and by Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997.
In another example, a tenant who engages the services of a building contractor, gas fitter or electrician without consulting the landlord to establish either if the contractor is 'approved' (by the landlord) or if the work is authorised by the landlord.
If you are a landlord or a tenant you need to take care to ensure you understand your legal obligations.
For further details please contact Park City Consulting.
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