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EICR Valid?

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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?

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    Colin Haggett: 
     

    Under NAPIT he doesn’t have the scope to carry out EICRs.

    As far as I can tell there's no requirement that he should be. Employing an electrician who belongs to one of the schemes (for inspections) is highly recommended, but not compulsory. (There's a historical issue in that the registered competent persons schemes were originally setup for building regs (part-P) purposes … and periodic inspection never was a controlled building activity (unlike electrical installation).)

    The The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 talk about needing a “qualified person”  but the definitions only actually stipulate that they need be "competent" - so as long as they're capable of doing the job correctly, there's no requirement to belong to a scheme or even hold any particular paper qualification.

       - Andy.

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    Colin Haggett: 
     

    Under NAPIT he doesn’t have the scope to carry out EICRs.

    As far as I can tell there's no requirement that he should be. Employing an electrician who belongs to one of the schemes (for inspections) is highly recommended, but not compulsory. (There's a historical issue in that the registered competent persons schemes were originally setup for building regs (part-P) purposes … and periodic inspection never was a controlled building activity (unlike electrical installation).)

    The The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 talk about needing a “qualified person”  but the definitions only actually stipulate that they need be "competent" - so as long as they're capable of doing the job correctly, there's no requirement to belong to a scheme or even hold any particular paper qualification.

       - Andy.

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