"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 23:53:43 -0000, "Mike" wrote:


"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
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It is not AFAIK illegal due to the Gas Regs provided you are competant.

True


I'm surprised that you semi retired friend doesn't think that £200
annual
subscription

B****y hell. It's only £112 for a Chartered Engineer. I would have
thought
something under £100 was more in line.

How do bodies such as CORGI justify such exhorbitant fees ?


Because the law allows the HSE to approve a "class of persons" for the
purposes of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.

It chooses to appoint CORGI, and only CORGI for this purpose.

If you look on the HSE web site, you will find that there have
periodically been objections to this, studies have been done, etc.
The outcome has been not to change this.

Therefore CORGI doesn't need to justify its fees within quite a margin
of reason.

But the IEE is the only body to charter electrical/electronic engineers and
the people needing the charter could probably afford far more yet aren't
ripped off like this.