"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
.. .
In article .com,
"antgel" writes:

I'm looking for a "competent person" to sign off the moved sockets
and

There is no process which involves you looking for a "competent
person"
to sign off your electrical work (at least not for Part P purposes).

The BCO might want to find a "competent person" if they don't consider
themselves competent, but that's their problem, not yours (and the BCO
is not constrained to using a Part P electrician -- they can use
anyone
competent, possibly even you).


Have I missed something?

You seem to have misunderstood the procedure.

Unless he happens to live in the area governed by a loose group of
councils including Bristol, for example, whose leaflet says:

"There are two routes available to applicants to ensure they comply with
Part P:-

1. Use an electrician/installer who is registered with a Competent
Person's scheme, in which case a building regulation application will
not be required for the electrical work.

We would strongly encourage the use of electricians/installers who are
part of a Competent Person Scheme.

2. Submit a Building Regulation application to the Local Authority:

A. Where an electrician registered with a recognised trade body such as
NICEIC, ECA & NAPIT (who need not be registered under a competent
persons scheme)
tests the work and issues a design, installation and test certificate
under
BS7671. Building Control will accept the certificate as evidence that
the work complies with Part P.

Additional inspections by Building Control may also be carried out in
conjunction with
the acceptance of a certificate (a list of those electricians competent
to inspect and
test will be available on the internet at labc-services.co.uk).

B. Where the work is carried out by an unregistered electrician or is a
DIY installation, the applicant is required to have the work inspected
and tested by a
registered electrician as in A. above."

Note there's no mention that they'll pay for this - and they'll have
pocketed either 50 or 100 quid for the application. So no, they don't
demand inspection by a "competent person" - just by someone with the
right card.


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