Hello,
I recieved an EICR for my Private Rented property from the landord. However, the post code of the address is wrong. Is the EICR still valid? It was done over a year ago, so Is it allowed to be corrected via just changing the post code or do the whole electrics need to be retested/inspected?
There are really three separate issues here.
First, there is a contractual issue between the landlord and the electrician - did the electrician do what the landlord explicitly and/or implicitly asked the electrician to do. Unless requested, the electrician is under no obligation to do testing in addition to an inspection, nor to do the inspection to BS 7671. For example the landlord may have said “here's £20 - can you have a 10 minute look round and tell me if there's anything immediately dangerous”.
If the electrician didn't do what the landlord requested, then they will be in breach of contract and the landlord might be entitled to a refund or damages in a civil claim.
Second, the fact that the electrician (partially) filled in a BS 7671 EICR and signed a declaration, means that if the form or the declaration wasn't true they could be opening themselves up to a criminal prosecution as we saw on another thread on this forum recently.
Third, the landlord has a duty to get the electrics T&I'ed every 5 years under the ESSitPRS regulations. Bizarrely, the regs don't require the installation to be tested against BS 7671, but the inspector must be electrically competent. Anything identified as not compliant with BS 7671:2018 must be fixed within 28 days. If the local authority (or on appeal, the 1st tier tribunal) agree that a proper T&I wasn't carried out, or that relevant identified defects weren't fixed, then the landlord could be fined up to £30K.
There are really three separate issues here.
First, there is a contractual issue between the landlord and the electrician - did the electrician do what the landlord explicitly and/or implicitly asked the electrician to do. Unless requested, the electrician is under no obligation to do testing in addition to an inspection, nor to do the inspection to BS 7671. For example the landlord may have said “here's £20 - can you have a 10 minute look round and tell me if there's anything immediately dangerous”.
If the electrician didn't do what the landlord requested, then they will be in breach of contract and the landlord might be entitled to a refund or damages in a civil claim.
Second, the fact that the electrician (partially) filled in a BS 7671 EICR and signed a declaration, means that if the form or the declaration wasn't true they could be opening themselves up to a criminal prosecution as we saw on another thread on this forum recently.
Third, the landlord has a duty to get the electrics T&I'ed every 5 years under the ESSitPRS regulations. Bizarrely, the regs don't require the installation to be tested against BS 7671, but the inspector must be electrically competent. Anything identified as not compliant with BS 7671:2018 must be fixed within 28 days. If the local authority (or on appeal, the 1st tier tribunal) agree that a proper T&I wasn't carried out, or that relevant identified defects weren't fixed, then the landlord could be fined up to £30K.
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