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Landlord electrical safety certificate

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Hi all, my father in law has a rental property that was completely rewired and with new split load CU five years ago. The installation is now due an inspection. Will the fact that the CU is plastic constitute a "fail"?

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    Big beak Geezer, this C3 is what it is. You are obviously aware that the rental law requires the electrical standard to be met, the standard being BS7671:2018. This standard includes for the design, selection and erection and initial verification of Electrical Installations, the same if they were new or additions to an existing. Further it requires these installations to be periodically inspected.
    This is/was [delete as applicable] a new tenancy with the demise having an in-service electrical installation for a period of time. It was not a new electrical installation, so it was subjected to periodic inspection by virtue of an EICR. This is simply following the requirements of BS7671:2018, in addition to the requirement of the rental law, to have Periodic Inspections every five years.
    The introduction to the standard, being BS7671:2018, states
    “Existing Installations that have been installed in accordance with earlier editions of the regulations may not comply with this edition in every respect. This does not necessarily mean that they are unsafe for continued use or require upgrading”.
    The landlord has met the required safety standard, as the EICR did not return a C1, C2 or FI code. Of course the Landlord engaged the services of an appropriately experienced and Qualified Badger to conduct this Report, as required by the rental law.
    You see m’beak; there has been no design, selection/erection or initial verification. There has only been a periodic inspection, the reason we are here today.  So the standard has been met.
    I would concede that under completely differing circumstances, such as an issue concerning new work where the design, selection/erection and initial verification does not follow or comply with BS7671:2018, then said Badger and his dodgy landlord should be sentenced to a whole life period of washing EVCPs, whilst naked, for the heinous crime of not meeting the electrical standard.

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    Big beak Geezer, this C3 is what it is. You are obviously aware that the rental law requires the electrical standard to be met, the standard being BS7671:2018. This standard includes for the design, selection and erection and initial verification of Electrical Installations, the same if they were new or additions to an existing. Further it requires these installations to be periodically inspected.
    This is/was [delete as applicable] a new tenancy with the demise having an in-service electrical installation for a period of time. It was not a new electrical installation, so it was subjected to periodic inspection by virtue of an EICR. This is simply following the requirements of BS7671:2018, in addition to the requirement of the rental law, to have Periodic Inspections every five years.
    The introduction to the standard, being BS7671:2018, states
    “Existing Installations that have been installed in accordance with earlier editions of the regulations may not comply with this edition in every respect. This does not necessarily mean that they are unsafe for continued use or require upgrading”.
    The landlord has met the required safety standard, as the EICR did not return a C1, C2 or FI code. Of course the Landlord engaged the services of an appropriately experienced and Qualified Badger to conduct this Report, as required by the rental law.
    You see m’beak; there has been no design, selection/erection or initial verification. There has only been a periodic inspection, the reason we are here today.  So the standard has been met.
    I would concede that under completely differing circumstances, such as an issue concerning new work where the design, selection/erection and initial verification does not follow or comply with BS7671:2018, then said Badger and his dodgy landlord should be sentenced to a whole life period of washing EVCPs, whilst naked, for the heinous crime of not meeting the electrical standard.

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