Compliance cover
Protect your investment, and keep your tenants safe
Comprehensive coverage
Don't get caught out by changing legislation
✅ Peace of mind
With coverage all year round, breathe easy knowing you’re always compliant with evolving State and Federal legislation.
✅ No surprise bills
✅ No surprise bills
Smooth cash flow and avoid unexpected expenses with a fixed, monthly fee deducted directly from rent.
Compliance cover
$39 fixed monthly fee
- Comprehensive coverage of smoke alarms, gas safety, electrical safety and corded windows
- Unlimited legally-required inspections plus additional checks
- Photographic certificates of compliance, favoured by insurance companies
- 5-year warranty on all products and services
- Complimentary hardware maintenance and replacements for smoke alarms and corded windows and blinds
- Peace of mind your investment is 100% compliant and your tenants are safe
When it comes to compliance, you can't risk mistakes
4x
more likely there will be a fatality if a fire starts in a home with no working smoke alarms
2
children die a year from non-compliant blinds and curtains
50k+
words of State and Federal legislation rental properties must adhere to
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarm maintenance is governed by both State and Federal legislation and any person who does not comply with the relevant legislation is guilty of an offence. Owners who fail to take every practical step to ensure the safety of their tenants can face a multitude of unpleasant and unwanted consequences that can be easily avoided with the right guidance.
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards which include:
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards which include:
- Smoke alarms must comply with the Australian Standard AS3786.
- Smoke alarms must be located between each bedroom area and the rest of the house.
- Ceiling mounted smoke alarms must be at least 30 cm from a wall, and wall mounted ones are allowed if between 30-50 cm from the ceiling. There are also specific requirements for sloped ceilings.
- Residential homes constructed, largely renovated or extended after 1 May 2014 must have interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarms with battery backup.
- Residential homes constructed, largely renovated or extended between 1 August 1997 and 30 April 2014 must have hard-wired smoke alarms with battery backup.
- Residential homes constructed prior to 1 August 1997 or that have had large renovations or extensions prior to 1 August 1997 may have battery powered smoke alarms.
- It is the property owner’s responsibility to repair or replace non-functioning smoke alarms and to clean each smoke alarm annually and replace any batteries that require replacement.
- Rooming houses, which are buildings where one or more rooms are available to rent and four or more people in total can occupy those rooms, must have hard-wired smoke alarms regardless of the date of construction.
To read the full legislation, please review the National Construction Code, The Residential Tenancies Act 1997, and the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021.
Gas safety
Gas safety
Gas appliances, such as heaters and stoves, must be properly maintained. If gas appliances aren’t maintained, they can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. In Victoria, the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 requires gas safety checks at residential rental properties every two years. The gas safety check must be carried out by a Type A Appliance Servicing accredited gas fitter and must meet the requirements outlined in the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 (“Regulations”). For more information, please review The Residential Tenancies Act 1997, the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021, or visit Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Electrical safety
Electrical safety
The Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 requires rental providers ensure that an electrical safety check of all electrical installations and fittings in the premises (in accordance with section 4 of AS/NZS 3019 "Electrical installations—Periodic verification") has been conducted by a licensed or registered electrician every two years. If an electrical safety check has not been conducted within the last 2 years at the time the renter occupies the premises, the rental provider must arrange an electrical safety check as soon as possible. If requested, they must provide the renter with the date of the most recent safety check, in writing. For more information, please refer to the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 or Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Corded blinds
Corded blinds
Due to the potential strangulation hazard, landlords are required to ensure that all corded window coverings are properly fitted and maintained in accordance with complex safety standards. Blind and curtain cords are a strangulation hazard to children; two children die a year in Australia from non-compliant blinds and curtains. All residential properties that have any corded internal window coverings must have the cords fitted with the prescribed safety devices and warning labels. Even if you haven’t installed corded blinds or window fittings, your tenants could at any time so it’s critical that your property is checked by a qualified compliance technician for non-compliance.
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards for installation, which include:
- The corded internal window covering must be installed in a way that ensures a loose cord cannot form a loop 220 mm or longer at or less than 1,600 mm above floor level.
- The corded internal window covering must be installed in accordance with the installation instructions on any retail packaging for the covering
- A cleat used to secure a cord must be installed at least 1,600 mm above floor level.
- A person installing a corded internal window covering must attach a label to it containing the name and contact details of the person or company responsible for the installation and must not remove any warning label or swing tag supplied with the corded internal window covering.
To read the full legislation, please review the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard - Corded Internal Window Coverings) Regulations 2010 and visit Consumer Affairs Victoria.
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