IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE LAW
PART P BUILDING REGULATIONS
The Government has recently introduced legislation in the form of an
Additional section (Part P) to the Building regulations, which will
state that A competent person must carry out any electrical
installations. This is in Line with the competency expected from gas
installers and goes far beyond Just knowing which colour wires do what.
Competency, in this case, will mean a full, qualified knowledge of
electrical Installations. It will mean you have the ability to
thoroughly check a circuit for safety and you will be able to issue
certificates as a self certified “Registered Company”.
Electricity kills and injures many people every year. A great many of
these People are dead or injured because they tried to work on
installations which they did not understand. The Government has also
introduced a scheme whereby domestic installations are checked at
regular period to make sure they comply, and also when a house is sold
or purchased.
This would mean of course that if you had an installation, which was
not correctly certified, your house insurance might not be valid.
Please get any installations you have done checked by a qualified
“registered company” and stay safe. More about part P can be found at
the following link.
www.niceic.org.uk
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