Advice
& Information on electrical work
In
2005 Electrical Regulations became
part of the Building Regulations called
Part P making certain types of
electrical work in domestic premises
illegal unless completed to Part P.
Regulations. Part P requires all
notifiable Electrical work to be completed
by a Part P approved Company, or be
notified to Building Control before
being completed by a non registered person
or Company. A Part P approved
contractor can complete any work and does
not have to inform Building Control before
undertaking the
work, they inform them through their
approved scheme within a time limit. For
information on what is notifiable work and
Part P laws, please
see below.
http://www.esc.org.uk/pdfs/business-and-community/electrical-industry/PartPfaq.pdf
By
law it is the responsibility of the house
owner or Landlord to prove the
installation has been completed to the
Building Regulations, or they will be
committing a criminal offence. Local
Authorities can make Landlords or house
owners, change or take out any work that
does not comply to the Building
Regulations. If you are doing notifiable
work yourself or employing a non Part P
registered Company to do it, you must
inform Building Control of your local
Council before you start the work. On
completion of the work it will be
tested and inspected and certificated by
an approved Part P Contractor.
All
electrical work completed must be
certificated on completion, and the person
ordering the work must receive a copy of
the certificate. Different types of
certificate have different amounts of
pages, if pages are missing or it is not
signed by the contractor and or tester, it
becomes null and void. Please see below
for details of different types of
certificates.
If
anyone completes notifiable electrical work
and does not notify Building Control, or
employs someone to do it for them illegally,
the owner or Landlord can be fined
around £5000.00. SCN Electricals Limited are
a member of a Part P scheme
called NAPIT,
( The National Association of Professional
Testers & Inspectors ). For details
of all Part P schemes please see below.
