he would not have had to be part p registered anyway, as i would not think that a church is Domestic
It could have been any domestic example. I used it because I had to give some advice to a solicitor regarding the matter.
Another example is where I hired a sparks I knew to install a cooker and a few other bits in the kitchen for me while I was out doing another job. When I got back my, now ex. said she was experiencing shocks off of the saucepan. I told her it was in her imagination and suggested that she try it again. Mistake !
At that point I decided to check the wiring and found he had neglected to connect the cpc - that was the last job he did for me !
Before you lot get excited, these two events happened over 20 years ago.
So then its about personal professional competence, not being a member of a club unless it has some form of regulatory control over its members.
I do agree that clubs that hoick up the costs of membership, do not perform their function of monitoring and support so that they can appear to be attractive lobbyists benefits nobody but leads to resentment and breakdown.
Approved Document P of the Building Regulations, IMO, fills the loop hole created by domestic installations. where anybody could previously do electrics. It was and is, in the whole, not the same for industrial installations.
It will take time to swing into operation but I suspect when venders realize that between £5k - £20k could be knocked off the price of a house sale because there was no evidence of regulation 134.1.1 then there will be to begin with a lot of dodgy certificates doing the rounds but then will settle down to an acceptable procedure, just like Gas working is now.