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PA
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Part P - Building Regulations __
|| Part P, Electrical & Building Regulations
1. What is Part P?
2. Why do we need electrical regulation?
3. What types of electrical work DOES Part P cover?
4. What types of electrical work does Part P NOT cover?
5. What is the 'Competent Persons' scheme and registration?
6. Are electricians and electrical contractors required to register?
7. How will compliance with Part P be enforced?
8. What benefits is Part P aiming to provide?
9. How do my local area building control office treat Part P?
10. Can I get cheaper house insurance if work is certified to Part P?
2. Why do we need electrical regulation?
We have electrical regulation to standardise work against best working practicesand to create safe, functional electrical installations.
Now in it's 16th edition, the British Standards Institute (BSI) and the Institute of
Electrical Engineers (IEE) latest regulations (BS7671, amendment no 2 in 2004) was
further added to and enhanced to make improvements but also to meet evolving
electrical demands within the world we no live in.
Modern homes and offices have much more electrical demand than they had
10 or 20 years ago (additional appliances, devices, heating, lighting, computers etc.)
However, most homes of this age were built for less demand, so we have an
overall imbalance.
Specific to Part P and our homes - electrical work should always be conducted to
BSI, IEE regulations. The government created Part P, to help ensure that work is in fact being done to these regulations, by certifying electricians and electrical contractors as 'competent persons' Or by working through the local buildings control office.
