PHOTO: 123RF Tenants are required to replace worn-out batteries during a tenancy.
Landlords are being stung for thousands over their failure to provide smoke alarms in properties.
There have been a handful of cases heard by the Tenancy Tribunal already this year in which property managers and landlords have been ordered to pay exemplary damages to tenants for failing to place smoke alarms in rental properties.
Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act that took effect in July 2016 mean landlords are responsible for ensuring there are working smoke alarms in their properties, and that they are in the right places.
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