@Lady Penelope said:
The extract below is from the Strataman site:
Repair & Maintenance
Under current legislation, the Owners Corporation is responsible for repairing AND maintaining smoke alarms IF the smoke alarms are hard-wired to the lot’s electricity supply with a backup battery OR connected to a common fire board or panel.
I understood that, in NSW, the Owners Corporation was only responsible for hard-wired alarms within a Lot IF they were connected to a fire control panel or interconnected. Otherwise, testing and replacement was the Lot Owners responsibility.
Our Strata Manager, in a document on their webpage, that
If the smoke detectors are stand alone and are not connected to a fire board in the building then they are
Owners Responsibility, otherwise they are Owners Corporation.
The current regulation (Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, Part 9 Division 7A Clause 186A) talks about the Owner of a Lot within a strata building being responsible for the installation and maintenance of an alarm.
Is this the correct interpretation?