Have split this off as a new topic.
See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/uksi_20100404_en_1 - particularly 7(3):
Where the local authority consider it necessary to engage and incur the costs of a consultant to provide specialist advice or services in relation to a particular aspect of building work those costs shall also be included in the determination referred to in paragraph (1).
As of April 1st they must charge people if they subcontract I&T to an outside electrician. Para 1.26 of AD P is now null and void.
Time to update the Wiki, I guess...
Perhaps because that guidance now conflicts with an actual law.It would seem unfair to take it further without first giving them a chance to explain why they feel that they don't need to comply with the recommendations within approved document P.
See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/uksi_20100404_en_1 - particularly 7(3):
Where the local authority consider it necessary to engage and incur the costs of a consultant to provide specialist advice or services in relation to a particular aspect of building work those costs shall also be included in the determination referred to in paragraph (1).
As of April 1st they must charge people if they subcontract I&T to an outside electrician. Para 1.26 of AD P is now null and void.
Time to update the Wiki, I guess...