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Lockdown Scotland New law? Essential electrical work only in private dwellings....

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Scotland’s first minister announced today that:

“Fifth, we will strengthen the provisions in relation to work inside people’s houses.



We have already issued guidance to the effect that in level 4 areas work is only permitted within a private dwelling if it is essential for the upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household.  We will now put this guidance into law.”


source:


 https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-update-first-ministers-statement-13-january-2021/



Any ideas what constitutes essential electrical works to avoid breaking the law unintentionally? 


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    It's difficult to generalize. Circumstances can change over time even during a pandemic - so that sometimes "new" or "improved" can indeed be "essential".


    Say you had two employees that worked in a given specialization - one old hand about to retire and a young lad/lass that's been shadowing him for a year or two now and just needs to finish their formal training and complete the exams before they can work on their own.  Would you tell the old fella to postpone his retirement, tell all your customers you can no longer provide whatever service it was (perhaps essential to some), or would you think that completing the youngster's training was "essential"?


    Likewise a new socket/circuit might sound like a luxury, but if it were to supply say a new stair lift, or medical equipment, that would mean someone could be discharged from hospital - or even just work from home - then again it might not be so simple.


    We can only life off our fat for so long - soon or later we're going to have to doing all the mundane things that keep life ticking over - even if the consequences of that aren't palatable.


       - Andy.
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    It's difficult to generalize. Circumstances can change over time even during a pandemic - so that sometimes "new" or "improved" can indeed be "essential".


    Say you had two employees that worked in a given specialization - one old hand about to retire and a young lad/lass that's been shadowing him for a year or two now and just needs to finish their formal training and complete the exams before they can work on their own.  Would you tell the old fella to postpone his retirement, tell all your customers you can no longer provide whatever service it was (perhaps essential to some), or would you think that completing the youngster's training was "essential"?


    Likewise a new socket/circuit might sound like a luxury, but if it were to supply say a new stair lift, or medical equipment, that would mean someone could be discharged from hospital - or even just work from home - then again it might not be so simple.


    We can only life off our fat for so long - soon or later we're going to have to doing all the mundane things that keep life ticking over - even if the consequences of that aren't palatable.


       - Andy.
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