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Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Regulation 2025
sch.6-sec.3Locks on windows and doors
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### sch.6-sec.3 Locks on windows and doors
Premises let, or to be let, under a residential tenancy agreement must have a functioning lock or latch fitted to all external windows and doors to secure the premises against unauthorised entry.
Premises in which rooming accommodation is, or is to be, provided under a rooming accommodation agreement must have a functioning lock or latch fitted to all windows and doors of a resident’s room to secure the room against unauthorised entry.
Subsections (1) and (2) apply only to the windows and doors that a person outside the premises or room could access without having to use a ladder.
(sch.6-sec.3-ssec.1) Premises let, or to be let, under a residential tenancy agreement must have a functioning lock or latch fitted to all external windows and doors to secure the premises against unauthorised entry.
(sch.6-sec.3-ssec.2) Premises in which rooming accommodation is, or is to be, provided under a rooming accommodation agreement must have a functioning lock or latch fitted to all windows and doors of a resident’s room to secure the room against unauthorised entry.
(sch.6-sec.3-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply only to the windows and doors that a person outside the premises or room could access without having to use a ladder.