Called an electrician to give me an EICR
However when he took a look at the fuse box he said that as it doesn't have RCD protection consequently there is no point in going ahead..
Is this correct?
It
might be.
If you are a landlord, and you are having this done so you can let the property, then most, if not all, responsible landlords would say that be it a C2 or a C3, to let a property without RCD protection is not the done thing. Or indeed to risk any possible hassles by letting it with
any codes present. If the electrician knows the situation then the best advice could easily have been that there's no point. Although you would have thought he'd have explained himself.
Other than that, it is
not correct to say that, generically, there is no point to having an EICR done if there's no RCD, nor is it true to say that you
have to have the CU updated. My advice is that you
should, but that's for safety reasons, not regulatory compliance.
Be it C2 or C3, it will get coded, as it is a non-compliance with the current Wiring Regulations
No way should it be a C1, and quite honestly I'd argue against C2. Yes, it is potentially dangerous, but it is wrong to say that urgent remedial action is
required.
"Advisable", yes, even "strongly advisable". But not "required".