42Use of building intruder alarms

42 Use of building intruder alarms

42 Use of building intruder alarms

The occupier of premises must not cause or permit a building intruder alarm installed on the premises to be used to emit noise that can be heard within a residential room of another residential premises, whether or not a door or window to the residential room is open, unless the alarm is constructed and regulated in a way that—

(a) for an alarm installed before 1 December 1997—

(i) it automatically ceases to sound, whether continuously or intermittently, within 10 minutes after being activated by a detection device, and

(ii) it cannot be reactivated, except by a different detection device, until it has been manually or automatically reset, or

(b) for an alarm installed on or after 1 December 1997—

(i) it automatically ceases to sound, whether continuously or intermittently, within 5 minutes after being activated by a detection device, and

(ii) it cannot be reactivated, except by a different detection device, until it has been manually reset.

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the alarm is sounded, whether continuously or intermittently, for a period of not more than 4 hours—

(i) for an individual—50 penalty units, or

(ii) for a corporation—100 penalty units, or

(b) if the alarm is sounded, whether continuously or intermittently, for a period of more than 4 hours but not more than 8 hours—

(i) for an individual—100 penalty units, or

(ii) for a corporation—200 penalty units, or

(c) if the alarm is sounded, whether continuously or intermittently, for a period of more than 8 hours—

(i) for an individual—150 penalty units, or

(ii) for a corporation—300 penalty units.