New Smoke Alarm Requirements

From 1 May 2006, when the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (smoke alarms ) Regulation comes into effect, owners affected by the new laws aimed at ensuring smoke alarms are properly installed.

The new legislation refers to residential and certain shared accommodation across NSW and requires:

• the installation of one or more smoke alarms in buildings in which persons sleep,

• smoke alarms installed in such buildings must be operational, and

• persons do not remove or interfere with the operation of smoke alarms installed in such buildings.