RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
AUDIBLE INTRUDER ALARMS
NOTIFICATION TO POLICE OF NOMINATED KEYHOLDERS
FORM A - THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND SENT TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE OFFICE
Notes
i The Control of Noise (Code of Practice on Noise from Audible Intruder Alarms) Order 1981 (Statutory Instrument 1981;1829) gives
guidance on methods for reducing the incidence of nuisance caused by the ringing of alarms. If you permit your alarm to ring
unnecessarily action may be taken against you under Section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act, 1990. It is therefore in your
own interest to adhere to the procedures set out in the Code of Practice, which can be purchased at Government bookshops or
through booksellers.
ii Paragraph 5 of the Code of Practice states that the alarm-holder should, within 48 hours of installing a new alarm system or of
taking over an existing one, notify the local police of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of at least 2 key-holders and
that the alarm-holder should, at the same time, notify the local environmental health authority that the alarm has been newly
installed or that he has taken over responsibility for the existing alarm system. The code also states that alarm-holders should
notify changes in nominated key-holders to the police within 24 hours.
iii This form may be used to give the police details of key-holder arrangements in the case of an existing installation or a new
installation or to notify them of a change of alarm-holder or key-holder in the case of an existing installation. Form B may be used to
notify the local environmental health authority that a new installation has been made or an existing one taken over.
iv Section 7 of the form should be completed if the installation has been fitted with a device which will automatically stop the ringing of
the audible alarm some time after it has been activated.
v Section 8 of the form should only be completed if you have asked the local authority to agree to a response time of more that 20
minutes (see paragraphs 6.2 and 6.3 of the code of practice).
To the Officer in charge at ............................................................. Police Station.
As the person responsible for the audible alarm system installed at the premises indicated at (2) below, I wish to notify you that the
names and addresses of my nominated key-holders are those shown at (4) below. I undertake that one or other of them will always
turn out and will take responsibility for silencing the alarm within 20 minutes, or such longer time as may be agreed with the local
authority in writing, from receiving notification that the alarm is ringing.*
Signature ...................................................................................................... Date ..........................................................
*This sentence may be deleted if the installation has been fitted with a device which will automatically stop the ringing of the audible
alarm within 20 minutes of its activation (see paragraph 6.1 of the code of practice).
1. Nature of installation (please tick the appropriate box)
New Installation Existing Installation
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2. Premises at which the alarm is installed
Address (including postcode) ...............................................................................................................................................................
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Occupant’s Name .............................................................................................................................
