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I have been pointed to this document, and told categorically that replacement of consumer units is notifiable in all instances.
The Building (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004
Part P (Electrical Safety)PART 2 NEW SCHEDULE 2B TO THE BUILDING REGULATIONS 2004
“SCHEDULE 2B Regulation 12(5)
DESCRIPTIONS OF WORK WHERE NO BUILDING NOTICE OR DEPOSIT OF FULL PLANS REQUIRED
1. Work consisting of - (a) replacing any socket-outlet, control switch or ceiling rose; (b) replacing a damaged cable for a single circuit only; (c) re-fixing or replacing enclosures of existing installation components, where the circuit protective measures are unaffected; (d) providing mechanical protection to an existing fixed installation, where the circuit protective measures and current carrying capacity of conductors are unaffected by the increased thermal insulation.
2. Work which - (a) is not in a kitchen, or special location;(b) does not involve work on a special installation; and (c) consists of –(i) adding light fittings and switches to an existing circuit; (ii) adding socket outlets and fused spurs to an existing ring or radial circuit; or (iii)installing or upgrading main or supplementary equipotential bonding.
3. In paragraph 2 - “special installation” means an electric floor or ceiling heating system, a garden lighting or electric power installation, an electricity generator, or an extra-low voltage lighting system which is not a pre-assembled lighting set bearing the CE marking referred to in regulation 9 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994[8]; and “special location” means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, sixteenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671 : 2001 and incorporating amendments 1 and 2”.
I have been pointed to this document, and told categorically that replacement of consumer units is notifiable in all instances.
The Building (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004
Part P (Electrical Safety)PART 2 NEW SCHEDULE 2B TO THE BUILDING REGULATIONS 2004
“SCHEDULE 2B Regulation 12(5)
DESCRIPTIONS OF WORK WHERE NO BUILDING NOTICE OR DEPOSIT OF FULL PLANS REQUIRED
1. Work consisting of - (a) replacing any socket-outlet, control switch or ceiling rose; (b) replacing a damaged cable for a single circuit only; (c) re-fixing or replacing enclosures of existing installation components, where the circuit protective measures are unaffected; (d) providing mechanical protection to an existing fixed installation, where the circuit protective measures and current carrying capacity of conductors are unaffected by the increased thermal insulation.
2. Work which - (a) is not in a kitchen, or special location;(b) does not involve work on a special installation; and (c) consists of –(i) adding light fittings and switches to an existing circuit; (ii) adding socket outlets and fused spurs to an existing ring or radial circuit; or (iii)installing or upgrading main or supplementary equipotential bonding.
3. In paragraph 2 - “special installation” means an electric floor or ceiling heating system, a garden lighting or electric power installation, an electricity generator, or an extra-low voltage lighting system which is not a pre-assembled lighting set bearing the CE marking referred to in regulation 9 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994[8]; and “special location” means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, sixteenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671 : 2001 and incorporating amendments 1 and 2”.