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Electrical Safety Check in and around the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster areas

Landlords should ensure that the electrical installation (fixed wiring, etc) is safe to use. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires landlords to ensure the electrical installation is safe when the tenancy begins, and that it is maintained in a safe condition throughout that tenancy. One way of ensuring safety is to undertake a regular visual inspection of the installation, looking for any obvious signs of damage such as damaged cables, socket-outlets showing scorch marks, etc. In addition, the Institution of Electrical Engineers recommends that electrical installations are formally inspected and tested by a competent person on change of occupancy, and at least once every ten years.
Formal inspection and testing should only be undertaken by someone competent to do such work, such as an Approved Contractor. Formal inspection and testing should be more frequent where the risk is found to be greater, for instance where the installation is very old, where damage is regularly found during inspections, etc.

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Meersbrook Electrical use the latest version of the class-leading Megger MFT1553 multifunction testers to carry out inspection and testing to adhere to Part 6 of the current 17th Edition of BS 7671 (IEE Wiring Regulations).

Why do landlords need to complete an electrical inspection?
There are two main Acts of Parliament that impose a statutory duty on landlords with respect to the safety of electrical equipment:
1. The Consumer Protection Act 1987
2. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The Consumer Protection Act affects all persons who let property in the course of their business because it defines them as "suppliers", i.e. they are supplying goods to the tenant. There are several items of secondary legislation under the umbrella of the Consumer protection Act which are directly relevant to the supply of electrical goods, including:
1. The Low Voltage Electrical Equipment Regulations 1989
2. The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
3. The General Product Safety Regulations 1994
4. The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994
In essence, these regulations impose a duty on landlords to ensure that all electrical equipment supplied by them is safe for use by the tenant. The Consumer Protection Act provides a defence of 'due diligence', i.e. a landlord can defend a contravention of the Act if he can demonstrate that he took reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence.

Type Of Installation	Routine Check sub-clause 2.1.4	Maximum peroid between inspections & testing as necessary
General Installations	.	.
Domestic	-------	Change of tenancy/10 years
Commercial	1 Year	Change of tenancy/5 years
Educational Establishments	4 months	5 Years
Hospitals	1 Year	5 Years
Industrial	1 Year	3 Years
Residential Accommodation	At change of occupancy/1 Year	5 Years
Offices	1 Year	5 Years
Shops	1 Year	5 Years
Laboratories	1 Year	5 Years
.	.	.
Buildings Open To The Public	.	.
Cinemas	4 Months	1 Year
Church Installations	1 Year	5 Years
Leisure Complexes	4 Months	1 Year
Places of Public Entertainment	4 Months	1 Year
Restaurants & Hotels	1 Year	5 Years
Theatres	4 Months	1 Years
Public Houses	1 Year	5 Years
Village Halls/Community Centres	1 Year	5 Years
.	.	.
External Installations	.	.
Agricultural & Horicultural	1 Year	3 Years
Caravans	1 Year	3 Years
Caravan Parks	6 Months	1 Year
Highway Power Supplies	As Convenient	6 Years
Marinas	4 Months	1 Year
Fish Farms	4 Months	1 Year
.	.	.
Special Installations	.	.
Emergency Lighting	Daily/ Monthly	3 Years
Fire Alarms	Daily/ Monthly/Weekly	1 Year
Launderettes	1 Year	1 Year
Petrol Filling Stations	1 Year	1 Year
Construction Site Installations	3 Months	3 Months

*Recommendations taken from BS7671

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