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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-smoke-and-carbon-monoxide-alarm-england-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111133439",
  "legislation_title": "The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-smoke-and-carbon-monoxide-alarm-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“authorised person” means a person authorised in writing by the local housing authority for the purpose of taking remedial action under regulation 7;\n“building” includes part of a building;\n“penalty charge” means a monetary penalty imposed under regulation 8;\n“premises” does not include vehicles or vessels or—\n(a) an HMO (as defined in section 77 of the Housing Act 2004) in respect of which a licence is required under Part 2 of that Act, or\n(b) a house (as defined in section 99 of that Act) in respect of which a licence is required under Part 3 of that Act;\n“prescribed alarm” means an alarm which is required to be equipped at residential premises under regulation 4(1)(a);\n“remedial action” means action—\n(a) to install a prescribed alarm;\n(b) to repair a prescribed alarm; or\n(c) to check a prescribed alarm is in proper working order;\n“remedial notice” means a notice requiring the landlord on whom it is served to take such remedial action as is specified in the notice in accordance with regulation 5(2)(c);\n“rent” includes any sum paid in the nature of rent;\n“residential premises” means premises (as defined above) all or part of which comprise a dwelling; and\n“specified tenancy” means a tenancy of residential premises in England which—\n(a) grants one or more persons the right to occupy all or part of the premises as their only or main residence;\n(b) provides for payment of rent (whether or not a market rent); and\n(c) is not a tenancy of a description specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “premises” in s. 150(10) of the Energy Act 2013."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This definition repeats the definition of “residential premises” in s. 150(10) of the Energy Act 2013 but modifies it so that the narrower definition of “premises” in these Regulations applies."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the definition of “tenancy” in s. 150(10) of the Energy Act 2013."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111133439/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:46.147649+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}