Hi can anyone tell me , when a electrictian installs a new consumer unit in rental property. have they got to issue certificate, after completion, also on the box front should the details be filled in with there niec number ect on it. is this a legal requirement , Thanks
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An EIC should be filled out and the job should be notified to the local authority (probably via his scheme membership), the stickers on the front are likely to include one with his companies name and address on, but not a requirement, they also may or may not include his scheme membership (which may or may not be the NICEIC 
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It depends how it is done.
There are a couple of ways that the certificates can be done.
If it's through a registered electrician that is a member of a domestic installers/competent persons scheme.
You would expect certificate(EIC) to be issued, as the property is rented these documents could be given to the landlord or the agent renting the property.
If the electrician is not registered, then an application to building controls should have been made. This is called notified work.
The electrician should still fill the correct forms and pass on the originals to the person ordering the work ie landlord and copies to building controls.
I don't think it is a requirement to leave any scheme reg numbers, but they would more than likely be put on the documents.
The document being an Electrical Installation Cert with both schedules of inspection and tests.
The upshot is that at one stage or another building controls will get paper work relating to the work carried out, either through notification or via scheme provider.
There are a couple of ways that the certificates can be done.
If it's through a registered electrician that is a member of a domestic installers/competent persons scheme.
You would expect certificate(EIC) to be issued, as the property is rented these documents could be given to the landlord or the agent renting the property.
If the electrician is not registered, then an application to building controls should have been made. This is called notified work.
The electrician should still fill the correct forms and pass on the originals to the person ordering the work ie landlord and copies to building controls.
I don't think it is a requirement to leave any scheme reg numbers, but they would more than likely be put on the documents.
The document being an Electrical Installation Cert with both schedules of inspection and tests.
The upshot is that at one stage or another building controls will get paper work relating to the work carried out, either through notification or via scheme provider.
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The owner of the property (not the person renting) should receive an Electrical Installation Certificate, which is invalid without a Schedule of Inspections and a schedule of test results.
The owner of the property should also receive a Part P compliance certificate from the Local Authority or the schemes providers.
The new consumer unit should have a RCD testing regime sticker, a date of next inspection sticker and possibly a sticker indicating that two versions of BS7671 wiring installed.
There is no need to include the details of the electrician on the consumer unit and/or their scheme membership number - it will already be included on the certificate(s)
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