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I have been trying in vain to identify whether there is or indeed has been, specific wiring regulations for schools/colleges or universities. eg New Zealand Ministry of Education have an "Electrical Installations: Standard for Schools" in which they state the requirement for all sockets to have RCD protection.
I hope that in the last 30 years I am aware of what the Regs say (and more importantly do not say), the interpretations, the cross referencing but nowhere, that certainly I can see, does it mention schools. The reason I have been looking at this is particularly over the last 18 months as we have undertaken EICRs on multiple schools, from the 1960's concrete construction with numerous additions, board changes, redundant circuits to a primary school built in 2015 with all the mod cons....except one RCDs on the socket circuits. I have spoken at length with the NICEIC, STROMA, NAPIT, Building Control (for our local borough) and The Department of Education; the majority point you towards The H&SW Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and 2 simply could not field the question at all.
I don't feel that simply having a documented risk assessment as per 411.3.3 is sufficient when dealing with children. Any direction and comments would be welcome
I hope that in the last 30 years I am aware of what the Regs say (and more importantly do not say), the interpretations, the cross referencing but nowhere, that certainly I can see, does it mention schools. The reason I have been looking at this is particularly over the last 18 months as we have undertaken EICRs on multiple schools, from the 1960's concrete construction with numerous additions, board changes, redundant circuits to a primary school built in 2015 with all the mod cons....except one RCDs on the socket circuits. I have spoken at length with the NICEIC, STROMA, NAPIT, Building Control (for our local borough) and The Department of Education; the majority point you towards The H&SW Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and 2 simply could not field the question at all.
I don't feel that simply having a documented risk assessment as per 411.3.3 is sufficient when dealing with children. Any direction and comments would be welcome