Compliance for Property Sales
New Smoke Alarm Requirements Must be Met Prior to Contract Signing
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Sales agents should now be aware Queensland residential properties sold will need to meet the new strict smoke alarm legislation.
From 1 January 2022, all properties sold in Queensland must meet new compliance requirements before contract signing. The condition will be a part of the deal and failure to comply may jeopardise your ability to close on schedule.
The new legislation adds several new complex requirements to current smoke alarm legislation. Some of the key new additions are that smoke alarms must:
- Be photoelectric, comply to AS 3786-2014, and powered by either 240 volt or a 10-year lithium battery; and
- Be interconnected with every other smoke alarm in the dwelling so all activate together.
- Be less than 10 years old
- Operate when tested
- Be located in each bedroom
- in hallways which connect bedrooms and the rest of the dwelling
- if there is no hallway, between the bedrooms and other parts of the storey
- if there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be installed in the most likely path of travel to exit the dwelling on each storey.
What you need to do!
Sale Agents
Sales agents need to encourage vendors to enrol sales properties for a smoke alarm upgrade at the time of listing.
Seller
Book in your smoke alarm upgrade as soon a possible to avoid delays
Buyers
Ensure that the seller has disclosed that the property has been made compliant or you risk being fined.
