Amendment 4 (2026) to BS 7671:2018 IET Wiring Regulations.

I assume it’s now less than a year until the 4th Amendment is published, here on the IET website it says:

Amendment 4 is expected to be published in 2026, until that time electrical installers need to have a copy of Amendment 2 (2022) - the ‘brown book’ and Amendment 3 (2024) (free PDF bolt-on) to be up to date.

https://electrical.theiet.org/bs-7671/updates-to-18th-edition/

So, it is time to start planning ahead.

My first question is it a new book? There seems to be a lot of additional information and possibly changes as well.

My second question is, will there be an update qualification requiring a day on more in a training centre with an exam to be taken?

I have a couple of IET book markers somewhere with some information about this printed on them, but I’m not sure where they are at this moment.

There is a third question, which is when the 19th Edition is being published, which presumably will require new books and an exam, but I assume that won’t be published for at least two years?

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  • My second question is, will there be an update qualification requiring a day on more in a training centre with an exam to be taken?

    Just out of interest, do you think there was any measurable benefit in dragging the hoi polloi of the electrical installation industry through three days training on how to use an index when the 18th Edition was introduced? In my experience, few have any recall of the most fundamental issues a couple of days after proudly waving their certificates, won with a mere 60% pass mark.

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  • My second question is, will there be an update qualification requiring a day on more in a training centre with an exam to be taken?

    Just out of interest, do you think there was any measurable benefit in dragging the hoi polloi of the electrical installation industry through three days training on how to use an index when the 18th Edition was introduced? In my experience, few have any recall of the most fundamental issues a couple of days after proudly waving their certificates, won with a mere 60% pass mark.

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