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Landlord EICR

ebee

So we now on AMM2 which we can choose to use mnow  and in September we must use for an EICR.

However that landord act thingy just state to the 18th and no mention of any amendments.

So do they get I & T to the 18th or 18th Amd 1 or 18th Amd 2 today then?

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    So, anything in the remit of Amd 1 or Amd 2 can be ignored then and the EICR is only concerned with comparing it to the original 18th Edition then until the landord law states something other than it does today. Anything added by amd 1 and or 2 must be omitted from the EICR because it is not relevant

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    So, anything in the remit of Amd 1 or Amd 2 can be ignored then and the EICR is only concerned with comparing it to the original 18th Edition then until the landord law states something other than it does today. Anything added by amd 1 and or 2 must be omitted from the EICR because it is not relevant

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  • 0 in reply to ebee

    No, there's no "must" about it. An electrician should comment on stuff failing amd 1/2 unless they've agreed in advance with the landlord to do the T&I to amd 0 (so to speak). Personally I think electricians should now be doing the inspections against amd 2 (or maybe amd 1 during the overlap period) but flag in the report which bits aren't relevant to the landlord's obligations under the landlord Regs.

  • 0 in reply to wallywombat

    Hi Wallywombat. No I am talking to the minimum legal requirement when inspecting for a landlord under their act not from the BS7671 regs which are not mandatory.

    The mandate (law) says 18th Edition. Me and thee and everybody else might feel obliged to follow amd 2 (or even amd 1in the overlap) but the only actual law does not require amd 1 or 2 just the 18th . I know it would be against the gut instinct of everyone here (including me) to use the latest update but I am talking about the actual legal requirement.

  • 0 in reply to ebee

    The law doesn't say 18th Ed for I&T. There is absolutely no legal constraints on how the T&I is done or to what standard - merely that it must be done by a competent person. It doesn't have to be be done to amd 0 or anything else. The only other legal obligation on the landlord is that if the report happens to flag that something is not compliant with 18th amd 0, then they should sort it in 28 days. You are perfectly within your rights under the Landlord Regs to get a T&I to 16th Ed. This is independent of the landlord's other obligation under those regs for the installation to comply with amd 0 at all times - which is why it is advisable (but  not required) for the landlord to make sure the T&I flags all non-compliances with amd0.

    But, putting the Landlord Regs to one side for a moment, it would be unethical for an electrician  not to T&I to the most recent version of the regs - the landlord has a more general duty of care, and concealing from him/her that things have moved on in the last 4 years and that the installation no longer represents the leading edge of safety is a no-no IMHO. For a HMO, flagging a lack of AFDDs as a C3 is better than remaining silent.

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