nightjar nightjar@ wrote:

Nothing in that paragraph says you have to do PATs to achieve compliance. A
PAT is one way to demonstrate that you have taken steps to comply with the
regulation, but it is not the only way and it is not even applicable to some
equipment covered by that regulation.

Fair comment, but what other method(s) do you think would satisfy the
HSE, in the context of small appliances? I take it as read that "PAT
testing" is interpreted as set out in the IEE code of practice - i.e.
with as much, in fact more, emphasis on the inspection as on the testing.

Are any other options set out in the HSE's Memorandum of guidance on the
EAWR (a publication I'll admit to not being very familiar with)?

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Andy