New Electrical Regulations 2005 (UK)

[Andy Wade]

Source of information, just OOI?

[Andy Wade]

In principle you can be fined and made to correct any faulty work.

Part P was introduced by the Building (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations

2004, which can be found here: subsequently amended by section 20 of the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2006, here: regulations are Building Regulations made under the Building Act 1984 - see the explanatory booklet available from here document P (Electrical Safety - Dwellings), which sets out in plain language what you can and can't do can be downloaded from here

[John Rumm]

Building regulations are not "advisory" - they carry the full weight of law. Breaking them (can in theory at least) result in a fine and a requirement to correct substandard work.

It is not "illegal" to carry out DIY electrical work if you either: are a memeber of a self certification scheme that allows you to sign off said works, or, you submit a building notice prior to carrying out the works and have a BCO provide a completion certificate for them once done.

As others have said, there is a stong chance that you would be able to get away with doing neither, but then that would be illegal. How much you care about that will I suppose depend on just how much you think the "law is and ass" in this case.

People talking out the back of their heads seems to be a greater problem though.

Or perhaps he is concerned that the property will be sold in the near future, and the absense of the correct completion certificates would hinder the sale.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Guy King saying something like:

Ah yes... I look forward to what Peter's Parents do with Part P.

Probably push it proportionally posteriorly past Peter's pater's proboscis.

[John Laird]

You've had lots of replies on the whys and wherefores of the infamous Part P.

The simplest answer to your problem might be not to touch the fixed wiring. I assume the cooker hood has an appliance flex and 13A plug - could you simply not run this to a nearby socket, or even fit a longer flex if the supplied one doesn't fit ? You could even just plug a cheapo extension lead into a socket and sit that on top of a unit and plug the hood into that. (I'm guessing a bit at what your kitchen might look like.)

--=20 "If you have nothing to do, don't do it here."

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mark" saying something like:

That's a big 'ding!' there, good buddy.

PMcM has a long and proud posting histroy (good typo, I'll leave that in) relating to his Fiat Pinkicento, which continued to pink, ponk and punk long after any sensible person without super-hearing would have left the bloody thing alone or set fire to it.

[Guy King]

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