 and issue you with an electrical safety certificate, i wouldnt want the death of a baby on my hands even if it would be proved to be the tenants fault. You can claim the cost of that from the tenant when he leaves. Then when i could sleep easy at night sort out the eviction bit.
Rob, I completely understand where you are coming from but I can imagine getting an electrician to go in there with the flat and the tenant as described would be difficult.
I agree with this. Get the property cleaned, then get the PAT tests done. I can't see DPS/TDS/MyDeposits having a problem with this if the tenant for some reasons chooses to dispute this.
Edit: Edited my comment just as Yvette posted hers, glad someone agrees.
Probably would be difficult, however under the circumstances i would give 24 hours notice that i would be entering the property with an electrician to rectify electrical issues caused by you for the saftey of your child weather you liked it or not. I wouldnt be worried about upsetting you because im gonna evict you anyway. If i ended up in hot water over entering the property then so be it, id rather that than have a tenent try and blame me for the death of a child.Which he could well try and do. Im pretty sure any court in the land would side with the landlord on those actions.I think i would check with my solicitor first but surely under the circumstances you can enter to do that.
In a particularly messy flat the insurance appointed contractors (electrician, carpenter and decorator accessing the flat to repair the kitchen after a fire) insisted I obtain a pest infestation certificate confirming the flat had been cleared, cleaned and any infestation treated before they would return to start work.
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1. South Point improved to 7-0, 2-0 after a close call with conference opponent Hunter Huss last week. Despite their 7-0 record, the Red Raiders look like a team going in the wrong direction. South Point is a team known for their ball control offense but the one thing that has been missing in their last three games is “control” as witnessed by three turnovers in each of the last three games. The defense is keeping them in games but the offense must quit giving the opponents short fields via turnovers or it will eventually cost them. Two tough opponents are up next on the schedule with big playoff implications hanging in the balance. These two games will reveal whether or not the heads and hearts of the Raiders are really in the game.
2. Forestview (5-1, 2-0) is making a serious challenge for the top spot because on paper and on the scoreboard the Jaguars are the most impressive team in the county. However their last two blowout wins are not surprising considering their opponents and this week probably won’t be much different.
3. Ashbrook (4-2, 1-0) secured their first conference win of the season last Friday with by beating previously undefeated North Gaston and they are looking more and more like a team on the way up as they get into the meat of conference play.
4. North Gaston (5-1, 1-1) lost their first game of the year last week against Ashbrook but they are still in the thick of the conference race for now. An upset win at home this week against favored Forestview would go a long way in cementing their chances of a spot in the playoffs.
5. Hunter Huss (1-5, 0-2) lost a heartbreaker to South Point last week but the effort on the field proved that these Huskies can play with anyone if they bring the fire. Bring it on and the wins will come.
6. Bessemer City (2-4) took a thumping from Forestview last week but the schedule looks favorable for the Yellow Jackets for the next few weeks.
7. Cherryville (1-5) enters conference play on Friday following a BYE week but they face one of the conference favorites in Thomas Jefferson.
8. East Gaston (1-6) posted their first win of the season last week and will be looking to improve on their record as they go up against Hunter Huss.
9. Highland Tech (0-6) is still looking for that first win.
What's Happening on Twitter1. What have been the benefits of getting rid of the White Australia policy? Give reasons for your answer.
2. Do you agree with the National Museum of Australia that the introduction of the White Australia policy is a defining moment in Australian history? Explain your answer.
On 23 December 1901 the Immigration Restriction Act became law. It was one of the first laws passed by the new Australian federal parliament. The law was designed to allow British people to migrate to Australia and to limit all other migration. The colonies had restrictive immigration laws before federation, but the Act formalised the idea of a ‘White Australia’ as national policy. The policy lasted until the 1960s and was completely removed by the Racial Discrimination Act in 1975.
1. What was the dictation test, and why was it made so hard to pass?
2. What reasons were given for passing laws to restrict immigration from 1901?
3. How long was the White Australia policy in place? Does this surprise you?
Why did some people want a ‘White Australia’?
In the 1800s most white people in Australia shared views that today we would call racist. They believed that non-white people were not as clever or as moral as white people. The people who held these views particularly feared Asian immigration, but applied their ideas to all non-white people, including Indigenous Australians, who they considered a ‘dying race’.
Australia saw itself as a working man's paradise that promoted equal rights and opportunities. But these ideas only applied to 'desirable' citizens. The nation wanted to attract male, white and skilled workers. Non-white people, and even sometimes working women, were seen as a threat.
Because of these views, many of the colonies limited migration from many countries and encouraged the immigration of male, white and skilled labourers from Britain. Non-white immigration grew with the gold rushes in the 1850s and 1860s, and with the arrival of indentured Pacific Island labourers (known as ‘Kanakas’). A rise in non-white migration made many white Australians fearful. Migrants often worked for less pay or sold goods cheaper than white-owned businesses, leading to economic tensions on top of existing racism.
Communist International member Egon Kisch speaking at the Domain Sydney in 1934. Across 1934 and 1935 the Australian Government attempted to exclude Kisch, who was born in Prague, from Australia using the Immigration Restriction Act and dictation tests.
What was the Immigration Restriction Act?
The Immigration Restriction Act came into law on 23 December 1901. Under the Act, new migrants had to sit a 50-word dictation test. Even if they passed the test in English, they could be made to sit the test again in different languages until they failed. White British migrants were not made to sit the test.
The test was really a way of stopping non-white migrants from entering Australia. Only 52 people passed the test between 1901 and 1909 (from 1359 tests) and no one passed after 1909.
In 1901 two more Acts limited migration to Australia. The Pacific Islanders Labourers Act 1901 outlawed imported labour and the Post and Telegraph Act 1901 banned non-white workers from transporting Australian mail.
Complete the dictation test on the Difference Differently website. Do you think you would pass a dictation test if it was given in another language (like Scottish Gaelic)?
What was the effect of the White Australia policy?
The White Australia policy immediately changed Australia. By 1947 only 2.7 per cent of the population was born outside Australia, Ireland or the United Kingdom. Australia’s Asian population had shrunk from 1.25 per cent in 1901 to 0.21 per cent by the late 1940s.
The federal government still wanted mostly white British migration after the Second World War ended in 1945. The Ten Pound Pom program brought large numbers of British migrants to Australia from the 1940s to 1960s. But, after 1945, Australia’s immigration minister Arthur Calwell began to relax the White Australia policy. The government now saw the policy as a threat to population growth. White Europeans from the Baltic region were allowed to migrate and then, eventually, migrants from other backgrounds.
The government of Prime Minister Harold Holt relaxed