I'm sure several people on cam.misc know lots about this sort of mallarchy, and perhaps could be kind enough to comment:
Someone wants "PAT certificates for plug-ins" for my jazz orchestra to perform at a wedding in September in a venue in the City of London. Oh, and liability insurance for £10m!
So, how many stupid hoops do I have to jump through to provide "certificates" for my equipment, given that there appear to be no actual
*rules* that prescribe how often (and to what extent) something should be tested?My equipment comprises:
1 x second-hand Soundcraft mixer desk (external power supply unit) 1 x keyboard amplifier (second hand) 1 x powered stage wedge monitor (new) 2 x powered PA speakers on stands (old, belonging to my trombonist) 2 x microphones and flexes 17 x 15W 240VAC music stand lights manufactured by myself, daisy-chained in groups using IEC 'kettle lead' connectors.And just to confuse things further:
An electric piano belonging to the pianist A double bass amplifier belonging to the bassist
Damn all this litigious, bureaucratic bullshit. I'm not an employer, we're just a collection of people making music five times a year.
Michael