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Bypass writes:
wrote:
I don't think that's allowed. The 'Part P testing' has to be part of
the standard building regs charges, they can't add anything extra. A
number of uk.d-i-y posters have pointed this out to councils who have
tried to charge them and the councils have backed down.
Are you sure you have this right?
Yes -- it now says so in the reissued Part P itself, because many
councils were breaking the rules.
You won't get any electrician to carry out your testing, for Part P
certification, without making a charge.
Any electrician isn't allowed to do the testing. It has to be done
by the council. They can subcontract it, but that's up to them to
pay for out of the building control fee -- that's what the fee is
for. The expectation is that the building control officers would
do the inspecting themselves. Councils are forbidden from charging
for the inspection, or requiring you to get it done at your expense,
both of which were being tried on by many councils.
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Andrew Gabriel