On 24/09/2019 21:49, David wrote:
I'm just reading a survey report which includes the wording

"As this is a change of ownership, it is essential that the electrical
wiring is checked by an electrician, preferably NICEIC registered, in
order to outline any remedial works necessary to achieve compliance with
the up to date regulations."

Is there any regulation which says that on change of ownership the wiring
should be brought up to current regulations?

This seems to be what the wording implies.

As far as I know the surveyor can recommend updating, but there is no
absolute requirement.

Cheers

I'd only expect to see something like that if the surveyor had some
concerns- perhaps the electrical installation hadn't been undated in an
old house or he'd seen things which looked, to use an non-technical
term, bodged.

Certainly nothing like that was included on a two reports I saw quite
recently (within the last two years). One an older house, one quite
modern. Both sales progressed without a hitch and are now occupied.