mapj1:
It seems also to be locked to the 18th edition BS7671 only - overlooking the fact that regs do change, and one day there may be a 19th or 20th edition, or that those regs do acknowledge that not all work installed to previous versions is actually unsafe. Or for that matter that other safe methods and standards exist. . .
mapj1:
It seems also to be locked to the 18th edition BS7671 only ...
(a) ensure that the electrical safety standards are met during any period when the residential premises are occupied under a specified tenancy;"
And the electrical safety standards are: " “electrical safety standards” means the standards for electrical installations in the eighteenth edition of the Wiring Regulations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2018;"
For which read "the current version of BS 7671".
As written, this can only mean that the electrical installation of rented accommodation must be to the current edition. Whilst the law is not generally retrospective, in this case it appears to be!
What a bonanza! ?
I find it difficult to see that this provision will survive, but you never know. Just think of all those plastic CUs which will have to be changed, for example!
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