Replace the electricity meter is necessary for various reasons, but most often it happens due to the expiration of its service life. This need also arises in case of breakage of the accounting unit or from the fact that it is obsolete.
Regardless of the reasons for the upcoming replacement of the user it is important to know who should do this procedure (for whose account it is held).
Regulations
The procedure for replacing meters governed by the applicable laws and regulations, the requirements which must be met by all users. Their list includes the following documents:
- Housing Code, as the legislative framework.
- Federal laws (FL) under №261 and №102.
- Art. 543 and Art. 210 of the Civil Code.
- Decisions taken by the State Standard of the Russian Federation.
And finally, this includes government regulations under №530 and №491.
At whose expense is changing the electric meter
For a correct answer to this question is taken into consideration the location of the accounting unit. Depending on this, the responsibility for his condition, maintenance and replacement are a property owner or management company (CC).
The above distinction is governed by an act of balance belonging metering device, that is, depends on where the boundaries of responsibility of each party.
The flat, which privatized
In this situation, for the condition and serviceability of the meter, as well as for its renewal meets the owner of the privatized housing.
Note: It just means that the repair or replacement of the device are carried out at his expense.
Any claim relating to his installation in the host before entering the apartment, there is no organization in the calculation will not be accepted. the entire responsibility for counter mounted therein From the moment of privatization of housing falls on the owner (an excerpt from the document below.)
In a house owned by the municipality
In this situation, the formal owner of the apartment is the local municipality. This means that to pay for activities associated with the replacement of the meter must be exactly it. In practice, the situation is quite different. Criminal and "Energosbyt" blame this procedure on the tenant, citing the fact that he is a subscriber of the electricity supplier.
And yet, according to Art. 539 of the Civil Code, the customer "power sales" is precisely the Criminal Code, which is obliged to pay for the work carried out. In case of violation of these requirements the owner of public housing may apply to the representative of the housing inspection and file a complaint with the Criminal Code.
At the entrance of houses
According to the decree 491, user devices installed at entrances of town houses are common to the whole structure of the property. So in this case, the costs associated with their replacement shall be borne by the Criminal Code, to which the house belongs.
Important! The law stipulates the admissibility of payment for work the landlord, if such a condition is prescribed in points on the distribution of responsibilities agreement.
If the earlier agreements of this provision is not - all expenses are exactly on the Criminal Code.
The private buildings
The owner of a private house or a country house is obliged to pay out "of their own pockets," all costs of replacing the unit of accounting (see Resolution №530). He has to do it, since he is the owner of the residential building.
There are cases when the customer "power sales" living in social housing, related to the private sector. In such cases, the responsibility is distributed in the same manner as provided for in the municipal urban apartments.