General Product Safety

When you appoint tradesmen to work on your premises then you are responsible for their health and safety and ensuring their work is up to an appropriate standard. This is because you potentially remain liable for their work. This is why you need to make sure that tradepersons/companies have suitable liability insurance in place.

All services and products that are supplied to consumers in a commercial activity, fall under The General Product Safety Regulations which state that they must be 'fit for purpose' and safe. If the 'products' fall within the category that includes such things as electrical, gas, furniture etc then these Regulations apply. General problems such as badly fitted stair carpets or even ladders that have missing rungs etc, are also covered by the Regulations. If you do not properly ensure that these items are made safe, then you will be subject to prosecution under these regulations and if, because you have not followed your obligations and a tenant is injured, then you can expect a civil claim as well.

All repairs that are carried out in the rented properties, must be done quickly once you have been notified of the area in need of such work.