Cooker circuit

I am living in a 1970’s built house with virgin electrics (untouched by human hand) The consumer unit has rewireable fuses. There is a radial circuit supplying an electric cooker control panel using 10mm2 cable.

I have a gas cooker so I have no use for a dedicated supply for a cooker. I would like to do the following.

1. Replace the control unit with a twin 13amp socket.
2. Extend the circuit by 2 feet using 4mm2 cable to supply another twin 13amp socket
3. Replace the circuit fuse on the consumer unit with a 30amp fuse

Is this legal and safe? I would be grateful for any comments

1970's wiring ...10mm for the cooker is unusual, it would normally be 6mm.

What you propose to do is fine except it should be a 15A fuse rather than a 30A in the CU When you change the control unit over to a twin skt, use a 35mm box rather than the 25mm deep box as you will find that terminating the cables will be a bit easier

Thanks a lot Alexnic.

I must admit that I haven't inspected the cable for a couple of years and was making a guess at the size. I just wanted to know that my basic plan was OK.