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PROPOSED ELECTRICAL LEGISLATION

John Peckham
The government have produced draft regulations on the periodic inspection and testing of domestic installations.


It can be found here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111191934


I have serious concerns with the proposed definition of "qualified" as it does not require anyone to have any qualifications whatsoever , so it does not do what it says on the tin. It perpetuates the current practice of any knuckle scraping half whit who does not know their amp from the elbow carrying out inspection and testing. Without setting out defined required qualifications it becomes unenforceable.


Unless an MP makes an objection as Secondary it will become law without debate. I have written to my recently Knighted MP this morning to explain my views on the proposed legislation and in particular the definition of "Qualified" that contains no requirement to have any qualifications. 


Unless the government gets any objections these Regulations will become law. Only an MP can get proposed secondary legislation changed.


You may wish to join me in writing to your MP?
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    My concern is R.3.1.(a): "3.—(1) A private landlord who grants or intends to grant a specified tenancy must—

    (a) ensure that the electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises are occupied under a specified tenancy;"


    And the electrical safety standards are: " “electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018;"


    For which read "the current version of BS 7671".


    As written, this can only mean that the electrical installation of rented accommodation must be to the current edition. Whilst the law is not generally retrospective, in this case it appears to be!

    What a bonanza! ?


    I find it difficult to see that this provision will survive, but you never know. Just think of all those plastic CUs which will have to be changed, for example!


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    My concern is R.3.1.(a): "3.—(1) A private landlord who grants or intends to grant a specified tenancy must—

    (a) ensure that the electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises are occupied under a specified tenancy;"


    And the electrical safety standards are: " “electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018;"


    For which read "the current version of BS 7671".


    As written, this can only mean that the electrical installation of rented accommodation must be to the current edition. Whilst the law is not generally retrospective, in this case it appears to be!

    What a bonanza! ?


    I find it difficult to see that this provision will survive, but you never know. Just think of all those plastic CUs which will have to be changed, for example!


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