On Oct 8, 6:38*pm, John Rumm wrote:
more likely, it was hoped to sweep much of the black economy into trade
body membership, whose records could then be used to identify additional
sources of hitherto untapped tax.

and convert mere trade Registration Bodies into Regulation Bodies.
- Charitable front writes regs under guise of false safety statistics
- Commercial backend trots round the companies engineering
"opportunities"

Extension of "MP writes broad law, stakeholder companies write the
detail with a justification page if ever the civil servant is pulled
up". The bog standard modus operandi of business is to fund research
promoting their product/service/strategy once-removed from the
company, which is then pushed by PR as "independent".

It is securitisation of electrical safety - regulation, education,
certification, engineered upgrade cycle, commercial product push
advertising, commercial product endorsement "because it exists you
have to use it to comply with BS7671 correct materials & workmanship",
affiliate advertising. American marketeer's wet dream.

Just like the health & safety engineered market, some good ideas taken
to extreme levels. Then again, consider the VAT, Income Tax & NI,
Business Rates and so on created by the monster H&S industry. Next one
is Green... then food... then water... energy in its various
incentive, penalty, carbon tax trading, goldman sachs is having a
field day.

Who is doing the 18th regs, I thought BS were no longer to be
involved?


Reminds me: that dodgy SWA cable I sent to BASEC about a month or two
back? After useful replies nothing further, no replies to two recent
emails. I suspect the Turkish manufacturer (Demes Kablo) is not
playing ball with BASEC, leaving them in a rather embarassing
position. Worse, I've now seen similar with other cables elsewhere and
Atom Kablo (another Turkish manufacturer). Wonder when the electrical
industry gets a shock :-)