Hopefully your property manager has already informed you about this, but if they haven’t you’ll want to read this (especially if you’re in Western Australia)… The government has decided to change the rental property laws and it will affect all property investors in Western Australia.

There’s a new government regulation, it appears to be on the state level at the moment… and it requires all property to be fitted with RCD (Residual Current Device) – in layman’s term, safety switches, or trip circuit.

This regulation started on the 9th August 2009, but doesn’t take full effect until 2011. Note that this will affect you when you change tenants or buying/selling a property. The new law says that you have to install TWO RCDs to protect your power points and your lighting otherwise its technically against the regulation to change tenant or buy/sell a property.

anyways to find out more about this new this particular rental property law affects you, please go to Department of Commerce – Energy Safety