Definition of 'new circuit' (new notifiability - England)

[JohnW2]

Are you disagreeing with yourself in these two posts?

I don't think so, am I? My present personal view (first paragraph of my recent post which you quoted) is the same as what I wrote seven years ago "your first quote), isn't it?

If you're talking about the second paragraph of what you've quoted, I am talking about "what some may argue" (even though I do not agree with them), and I added only that because of some of the views (with which I don't personally agree) I've seen people express over the intervening seven years!

Kind Regards, John

 

[JohnW2]

Sorry I think maybe did not make my thoughts plain, I feel as @JohnW2 that the chances of a court case arising from not registered DIY work is very slim, there would I think need to be a death for it to go to court, and for there to be a death some one must have done some thing wrong.

The issue is not restricted to DIY work. The legal requirement to notify notifiable work obviously exists even if the work is done by an electrician or 'electrician'.

I think if a minor works or installation certificate is completed then likely the work is OK, some one when completing the certificate has been prompted to do the required tests, so likely OK, and as a tradesman not completing the certificate is the same as saying it's not done correctly.

Yes, but, returning to DIY work, as we often discuss, probably the main reason why DIYers usually don't produce certificates is that they don't have the means of undertaking all the required tests, and a certificate which omitted 'required' test results would not really be of much assistance. As we've discussed, it's a difficult issue to think about, unless one simply wants to outlaw DIY electrical work.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Charlie Kilo]

Thanks again John