"Uno Hoo!" wrote in message
...
I'm fed up to the back teeth with the misleading information being given
out
by the media about the new 'safety law' which comes into being after 1st
January next year.
As an example, the BBC 'Good Homes' magazine states: "If you're thinking
of
tackling the electrics in your home DIY style, think again - from 1st
January 2005 it will be illegal. The National Council for Electrical
Installation Contracting (NICEIC) has passed a new safety law that renders
all electrical work done by yourself, or an unregistered electrician,
illegal."

Similarly it has just been announced on Classic FM news that DIY
electrical
work will be illegal after 1st January. This is complete and utter
cobblers. The new law specifically exempts 'minor' electrical work such as
adding extra power points and/or lighting points - and on the whole this
is
the sort of work that DIY electricians undertake. Only major work such as
adding complete new circuits and work undertaken in bathrooms and kitchens
comes within the new laws. Even the work that *is* covered by the new
regulations is not prohibited to DIY'ers - anyone wishing to carry out
such
work has to notify the authorities and have the work inspected. Hardly
*illegal* ??

Why can the media never get anything right?

Kev


Whilst I'm generally with you on the irritation of press inaccuracies (and
the Beeb is just as bad as the rest), this might actually work against the
government in this case. The downside is that they will probably choose to
ignore the heart of the argument, and talk about press inaccuracies instead.

The thing that really ****es me off is that this should have come out 6
months ago, when there might have been a chance to do somethign about it.


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Richard Sampson

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