wrote:

If the drop, or rise, of the cables still falls within the boundaries of
the socket plate, you're fine. If not, then the cables should either be
buried deeper than 50mm into the wall, or given suitabel prtection along
their whole length (like heavy gauge steel conduit, rather than the thin
steel capping). This is to stop a screw or nail being inserted into the
cable at some later date, because nobody had any idea where it was.


This *isn't* required because the buried cable will be running
horizontally from a visible fitting (the moved socket).

This may on may not be true...

You can run horizontally *or* vertically from the visible socket plate.
So if the original wire runs up or down the wall to the socket you can
move it up or down easily enough. If it runs horizontally to the socket
then you can move it side to side. However you can't move a socket with
a vertical cable run horizontally since the bulk of the hidden wire run
will no longer line up with the socket position.

One way round this is to simply add another socket in the new position
and connect it to the existing one. That way the wire runs will line up
with a socket regardless of the location.

Strictly, as this is modifying a ring circuit, I suspect it's caught
by the new Part P regulations so you should call your local building
inspectors and tell them. I'm sure they'll be really hppy to hear
from you.

This is explicitly excluded from part P since it is a "minor work".


--
Cheers,

John.

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