Signing Off An Electricity Certificate

[OldManJohn]

Can anyone tell me what the law is in regards to signing off an electricity certificate.

Does the person signing off the work and signing the appropriate certificate have to be associated with one of the electrical authorities e.g. NICEIC or can they be just a competent electrician not affiliated to anyone?

Thanks
John

 

[Joe_b87]

If the work is domestic and notifiable it can be signed off by someone who is enrolled with a competent persons scheme or notified to the local authority building control, in the later case the LABC need informing prior to the work being undertaken. Oh and they charge a fortune!

 

[BrianDB9]

Depends the type of work , whether it falls under Part P or not, what kind of work are you talking about ?

 

[Des 56]

There is no law
The general answer is no,you need be a member of none of them

The IET publish the various certificate formats required by electrical contractors and everybody else,Niceic,Napit Eca ,you, me and Bert from Birmingham make up our own, based on the genuine article

The add on to the above is the demand of the client
If they specify that obnoxious organisation the Niceic then that's what needs to be provided

 

[Andy78]

Hang on hang on, any electrician or technically competent person can test and provide a certificate.
Notification under part P is a separate issue, achievable by membership of a part P scheme or directly to the LABC office.

EDIT: What he said ^

 

[Joe_b87]

Hang on hang on, any electrician or technically competent person can test and provide a certificate.
Notification under part P is a separate issue, achievable by membership of a part P scheme or directly to the LABC office.

Thank you!

 

[Des 56]

Hang on hang on, any electrician or technically competent person can test and provide a certificate.
Notification under part P is a separate issue, achievable by membership of a part P scheme or directly to the LABC office.

Very true Andy, the only part of your post I would change is "can",I think "should" would be more appropriate

 

[Andy78]

Or "is required to in accordance with BS7671"

 

[Octopus]

Judging by the OP's earlier posts it would seem that he's seeking clarification to talk to his builder/sparky about.

Is this right?

 

[Des 56]

Judging by the OP's earlier posts it would seem that he's seeking clarification to talk to his builder/sparky about.

Is this right?

Ah,the penny drops
It does seem like he has the problem of engaging people to do electrics who are not competent electricians
When,or if ever will the public learn to respect electricity and stop using muppets to do the work

John,you have problems because you did not follow the law regarding building regs,in your case the section called
Part p,
Certification of electrical installations and procedures for conforming with building regs are 2 different animals
It's just that certification can be used to show you conformed to some requirement of building regs

Next time you have work done on your electrics,best to get someone who has been recomended by a friend or past customer, never believe that membership of a scheme is assurance of competence,this trade has become a add on for so many other trades who think they can wire