What are the legal requirements on electrical installations in your home and what is ELECSA?
From January 1st 2005 it has been a legal requirement under Building Regulations: Part P, Electrical Safety in Dwellings, that all work carried out on fixed electrical installations in dwellings complies with relevant standards. Any electrical work, even if it’s minor, falls within this requirement whether carried out by the householder or someone operating on their behalf, even a family friend. Such electrical work must be both notified to and individually approved by the relevant Local Authority Building Control department.
The exception to this requirement is where the electrician concerned is a registered “competent person”, allowed to self certify their work as compliant. Elecsa is the body appointed by the Government which controls the certification of such tradesmen who undertake such domestic electrical installation work.
The people who carry out any electrical work on your property as part of your contract with Planet will be Elecsa registered and thus authorised to self certify their work. Our responsibility will be to notify the Local Authority of the work at your property and issue you with the relevant certificate of compliance. You must retain this document as part of your household information pack and you may be asked to provide it as proof of compliance when you come to sell your home.
