Approved Document P: Electrical safety – Dwellings

DCLG (formerly ODPM)

April 2006
Code: 57648
ISBN: 1 85946 223 5
978 8 85946 223 2
44 pp
Paperback
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Approved Document P: Electrical safety – Dwellings has been updated and simplified to be more reader-friendly. Its guidance on inspection and testing has been extended and there is greater clarification on works that are non-notifiable to building control bodies.

Reference to ‘competent’ persons has been downplayed and instead, the new Approved Document refers to ‘qualified’ installers, which stipulates that the person certifying the works must have appropriate qualifications, knowledge and experience, although this still encompasses those registered with Part P competent persons self-certification schemes. With much more attention given to the testing and certification aspects of the regulations, it notes that ‘an electrical installation certificate can only be issued by the installer responsible for the installation work.’