Had mine with ELECSA a few weeks ago.
ZE test, RCD test. Wanted to see if I new what cable to use for a hypothetical situation using the OSG.
Asked questions of differing supplies and their respective ZE's. Examined all paper work and EIC's very carefully. Didn't like the fact I'd not bonded my gas bottles. Didn't like my 16mm tails.
Sparkys seem to make a big fuss about whether your with NIC, ELECSA or NAPIT but I find in reality the general public have never heard of any of them or part P for that matter. They don't call you in because there worried about the LABC, they call you in because they cant figure out how to do a two way switch.
Until the notifying bodies collaborate on a national campaign to advertise the fact that it is against the law to do a lot of the electrical work in homes, people are still quite happy buying all the stuff in B&Q and wiring away in blissful ignorance.....
The LABC down my way are so stretched. Walking across my village square the other day the building inspector pointed to a house in the middle of having a total refurb from having been totally gutted. He told me, half talking to himself, that he had no knowledge of it and to be quite frank he didn't what to know either. God knows who did the wiring in there, probably the labourer.
I think this will all change when the insurance companies see non certification as a way out of not paying up for anything. Thats when the public will start to take notice. "House burnt down, Oh dear, not paying because we found some new coloured wiring and no certs"