Paperwork after rewire?

Yes, you should have a completed EIC (Electrical Installation Certificate), with all the test results and check lists of other things. You should report the contractor to the NICEIC and NOT PAY the bill until all is in order.

Check your email junk folder to see if it's been emailed to you and you have missed it before kicking off. 

Emailed Certificates without actual signatures are NOT acceptable Andy, you should know that, they are a LEGAL document!

Emailed Certificates without actual signatures are NOT acceptable

644.4.202 and 644.5 seem to suggest that certificates in electronic are acceptable, either 'signed' or 'otherwise authenticated'.

   - Andy.

Thank you for your replies, I thought there should be more but was not sure.  The NICEIC certificate came in the post.  The work was done as a sub-contractor to my builder who was carrying out substantial renovations, so it is possible that the certificate has gone to them.  Now I know what to expect I can chase them.  Many thanks.

David

Electronic signatures and verification are very complex Andy, do you understand how they work? They are not a simple picture of a signature!

Electronic signatures and verification are very complex Andy, do you understand how they work? They are not a simple picture of a signature!

I might have a basic idea... of course it depends on the level of security required, but even full 'stand up in court' types aren't that necessarily hard to implement - e.g. https://www.adobe.com/uk/sign/electronic-signatures.html (just one example - other providers and systems are available)

   - Andy.

David Stone said:

Emailed Certificates without actual signatures are NOT acceptable Andy, you should know that, they are a LEGAL document!

It's patently untrue the electronic documents cannot be accepted as legal documents.

BS 10008 covers this, but standards have actually been in place for a very long time, meaning businesses have been able run on electronically-stored information only for all that time.

There are also conventions in place as to what denotes "signature" or valid transmission source, including e-mails.

Definitely this is not a legal forum, and we have to be careful where we tread with this sort of advice.

David Stone said:

Electronic signatures and verification are very complex Andy, do you understand how they work? They are not a simple picture of a signature!

Well, a scan of a signature page appended to a PDF may be acceptable in some cases

Why does a legal document require a signature?  The only one I can think of that does is a contract to buy property, which is going to be recorded at the Land Registry.  Many documents aren't signed these days.

And what makes an EIC a "legal" document anyway?