New Part L, F and P

[Andy Hall]

This all depends on whether these documents have the force of setting policy for the councils. I am not sure that they do.

[meow2222]

So the council tax will go up again, amid cries of 'we cant possibly affort not to make a fat profit on this one, so you must pay us more'

NT

[Andrew]

... and who defines appropriate qualifications, knowledge and experience? Could this perhaps mean that Chartered Electrical Engineers (of which there are several in this group) could do self-assessment?

Andrew

[Matt]

[Andy Hall]

This really needs to be read in conjunction with sections 1.21 to

1.23.

Building Control may ask for evidence of qualification and then decide whether they are willing to accept the certificate or call for another inspection.

I suspect that some won't care, some will accept a certificate from anybody (since in effect the person takes responsibility if there's a problem) and others will insist on an inspection;

[Steven Briggs]

In message , Andrew writes

Exactly my thoughts, as a E&E BEng, MIEE, & CEng, also with a C&G 16th ed certificate to my name, it would be an extreme jobsworth who would now reject a certificate drawn up by myself. I can even borrow a full blown test set from work. The important thing is that the competent person shit we had before is now longer defined in terms of "paying a sub to Prescott's Mates".

[Andrew Gabriel]

I wonder what prompted the change?

[Andy Hall]

A guess.... lobbying from the IEE?

It's either that or a fudge...

However, it does appear that the decision as to whether a certificate issued by somebody who is not in one of the guilds is acceptable is now at the whim of BCOs.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember [e-mail] (Andrew Gabriel) saying something like:

The ridiculous situation of time-served and experienced sparks being no longer able to re-wire houses for a living may have had something to do with it.