Expert Safety Check Ups & Repairs
Rental providers have certain responsibilities for gas and electrical safety. Gas and electrical appliances need to be regularly checked and maintained. Rental providers should make sure that gas appliances are working safely. Renters are encouraged to keep an eye on appliances to identify any problems.
Rental providers who enter into a new agreement after 29 March 2021, must have all electrical installations and fittings checked by a licensed electrician at least once every two years. This also applies to rental agreements where a fixed term agreement rolls over into a periodic rental agreement after 29 March 2021.
If an electrical safety check has not been conducted within the last 2 years at the time a renter occupies the rental property, an electrical safety check is to be completed as soon as possible.
Before entering into a rental agreement, a rental provider must disclose to a renter the date of the last electrical safety check, and any outstanding recommendations from the safety check.
From 29 March 2023 all power outlets and electrical circuits in a rental premises must connect to both a switchboard-type circuit breaker that complies with AS/NZS 3000 and a switchboard-type residual current device that complies with AS/NZS 3190, AS/NZS 61008.1 or AS/NZS 61009.1.
For fixed term rental agreements entered into before 29 March 2021 which have rolled over into a periodic rental agreement before this date, rental providers are encouraged to conduct periodic electrical safety checks. This may help to ensure they meet their obligations under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 which requires rental providers to supply a rental property that is maintained in good repair and is reasonably fit and suitable for occupation.
