To comply with a few regs testing and inspecting needs to be carried out..
Start with 4(1)
Start with 4(1)
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Unfortunately ‘maintenance’ does not necessarily mean Inspection and Testing, and there is no timescale for when maintenance should be conducted.Apologies not had my coffee yet..
That’s right go for 4(2)
No one is going to send you to jail for it. But! if somebody has an accident or a near miss, or there is a fire or any other action which ends up in an investigation, then you could be prosecuted for breaching the E&WR regulations or H&S regulations (which are statutory) for not ensuring the system was safe to use. In which case, to verify that it is safe then an I&T is required in accordance with the current BS7671 regulations.Is it against the law put the installation into service without inspection and testing ?
Yes, so this is the point! You won't get prosecuted for not doing an inspection and test unless someone in authority is going to go to the trouble of checking to see if you are following the BS guidelines in ensuring the electrical system is safe. BUT! if someone has an accident or there is any other investigation that resulted in the electrical system being at fault, then the person responsible will be liable and likely prosecuted if taken to court.My 'old' copy of the eawr regulation 4(2) 8 states:
Regular inspection of equipment is an essential part of any preventive maintenance program, blah,blah.
and reg 4(2)9 states:
Records of maintenance, including test results, preferably kept throughout the working life of the electrical system. And goes on to say: Without effective monitoring duty holders cannot be certain that the requirement for maintenance has been complied with.
Is it more your question that you have done all the inspection and testing and all complies but you have not produced/compleated the certificate?Ok I know this but is it against the law put into service without certification.
So for what is Inspection and Testing if is not necessary? Where is the sense ?
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