The council house I live in is currently being re-wired. Several new
sockets have been installed in the kitchen. For the washing machine &
fridge outlets have been placed below the worktops, with seperate
switches located higher up. In the case of the washing machine the
switch has been placed direcly above the kitchen sink, which seemed a
bit strange to me.
The switch is on the wall directly behind the sink draining board, only
about 6 inches up, which seemed a bit unsafe to me. I spoke to one of
the electricians, but he told me the switch is safe was placed as per
the plans, and did not require moving.

The socket's position can be seen he
http://notfunny.org/media/temp/DCP_1954.JPG

Does anyone think this breaks any regulations? I'm still not convinced
that it is safe, but I'd like to hear some other opinions before I
demand that the contractors move it

Thanks, Calum