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Grant wrote:
My understanding is that any such work now comes under the provisions of
Part P of the Building Regs
I'm in Scotland - I think the regs are different here aren't they? Even
stricter?

The Regs are completely different and there is no Part P in Scotland.

The Building Standards (Scotland) have always been stricter in that
electric wiring has always had to be done to a safe and proper standard.
IEE Wiring Regulations are deemed to be a safe and proper standard, but
an equivalent is also acceptable.

What will change / has changed is the classes of person who is allowed
to sign off a certificate. It used to be anyone could sign a
certificate, now it has to be someone registered. However that only
applies where a certificate is required i.e. for notifiable work. I
*think* that wiring is not on its own notifiable and so you don't need a
certificate. If you were building an extension, which is notifiable,
then you would need a certificate as part of getting a building warrant.

Unlike English Part P, I don't think council building control officers
will inspect wiring for you.

The best thing would be to check with Building Control at the local
council.

Owain