The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (2015) Regulations 2015

 The purpose of the Council exercising its regulatory powers is to protect the interests of the public.

The aims of financial penalties on landlords are to:

• Lower the risk to tenant's health and safety
• Reimburse the costs incurred by the Council in arranging remedial action in default of the landlord
• Change the behaviour of the landlord and aim to prevent future non-compliance
• Penalise the landlord for not installing alarms after being required to so, under notice
• Eliminate financial gain or benefit from non-compliance with the regulations
• Be proportionate to potential harm outcomes, the nature of the breach, and the cost benefit to comply with these legal requirements.