Electrics in a new build house

The answer is you can sign up for anything, if you feel happy adopting the ultimate responsibility. 

BUT it would be a brave man (or woman) who did so and adopted the work of another without making a reasonable inspection first.  That may include chipping the plaster off if it looks suspect beneath.

More common is the creation of an EICR (similar to the old periodic inspection) which, assuming no defects are found, can then be used to show the installation is safe. This is then caveated that XYZ cable routes were not visible. As far as building regs and part P is concerned, the advice to local authorities is to accept such an inspection as a suitable 'regularisation' process for cases when for whatever reason the paper trail is not in order.


In terms of part P 3rd party verifiers, supervising the work of others, they are supposed to check cable routes etc before second fix, but in reality, for folk they know well, maybe this is not always done, or a few photos are Emailed across as enough evidence. 


And before anyone rushes off in horror at this, recall that a great many companies as the standard practice employ one person to do the installation, and another to drop by later and test it and fill in the forms (or in some cases on Fridays, not drop by but  just invent some results and fill in the forms, though that is really naughty.)

The answer is you can sign up for anything, if you feel happy adopting the ultimate responsibility. 

BUT it would be a brave man (or woman) who did so and adopted the work of another without making a reasonable inspection first.  That may include chipping the plaster off if it looks suspect beneath.

More common is the creation of an EICR (similar to the old periodic inspection) which, assuming no defects are found, can then be used to show the installation is safe. This is then caveated that XYZ cable routes were not visible. As far as building regs and part P is concerned, the advice to local authorities is to accept such an inspection as a suitable 'regularisation' process for cases when for whatever reason the paper trail is not in order.


In terms of part P 3rd party verifiers, supervising the work of others, they are supposed to check cable routes etc before second fix, but in reality, for folk they know well, maybe this is not always done, or a few photos are Emailed across as enough evidence. 


And before anyone rushes off in horror at this, recall that a great many companies as the standard practice employ one person to do the installation, and another to drop by later and test it and fill in the forms (or in some cases on Fridays, not drop by but  just invent some results and fill in the forms, though that is really naughty.)