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Liverpool Property Firm Fined

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A property firm in Liverpool has been fined over £3,000 after it admitted breaching fire safety regulations.

Wavertree Property Link (NW) Limited admitted to two offences of failing to licence two properties in the city and 11 further breaches of the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations at Liverpool Magistrates Court.

The houses were found to have defective fire safety precautions, a faulty fire alarm and an unsafe boundary wall.The business was fined £250 for each offence and was ordered to pay £3,870 costs.

Under the Housing Act 2004, houses of three storeys or more occupied by five or more unrelated people have to be licensed by the city council.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a 'suitable and sufficient' fire risk assessment must be conducted on all commercial properties in England and Wales. If the fire risk assessment is deemed to be carried out to an insufficient extent, the Responsible Person can face an unlimited fine or a prison sentence of up to two years.