Legal requirement for a EICR ?

[JD6400]

As far as I was aware , there is no legislation to make an EICR a legal requirement ?
But in a conversation on another non sparking forum , I am being told it is a legal requirement for business properties .
If this is the case , does anyone have a link to the said legislation as this other chap has not yet provided the exact reference in law .

 

[Octopus]

No legal requirement BUT many insurance companies ask for it.

The other "non spark" forum - what is it mainly about?

 

[JD6400]

Thanks Murdoch , that is how I see it .
It is a farming forum .

 

[Octopus]

Thanks Murdoch , that is how I see it .
It is a farming forum .

Farming forum..........

what do they know about sparking!!

 

[JD6400]

Bolts and six inch nails , the best fuse ever invented !

 

[ian.settle1]

Thanks Murdoch , that is how I see it .
It is a farming forum .

So it has to be true

 

[JD6400]

Ian that was just plain rude :ihih: some of the agri installs that we come across , have surely been modified by farmers with a far higher engineering understanding than the average humble sparks , I mean would you have ever realised that a sear bolt from a D1000 square baler could ever double as not just a main incomer fuse but also every size down to just a simple 6 amp auto fuse in the tractor , all with just some baling twine and a bit of fettling with an angle grinder ( guard removed of coarse ) !

 

[GB.Kayak]

As far as I was aware , there is no legislation to make an EICR a legal requirement ?
But in a conversation on another non sparking forum , I am being told it is a legal requirement for business properties .
If this is the case , does anyone have a link to the said legislation as this other chap has not yet provided the exact reference in law .

What have the Electricity at Work Regulations (1989?) and HSE got to say on the matter?

 

[JD6400]

What have the Electricity at Work Regulations (1989?) and HSE got to say on the matter?

Regulation 4 is the part that they say makes it a legal requirement to have one , but would not say so !?