Thanks to a monumental bit of DIY idiocy by yours truly, my daughter is
getting a nice new mains incomer to her Victorian flat that she's just
bought. As it happens, it would be nice to move the meter and consumer unit
from their present position and now would probably be a good time to ask
the electricity board folk if they could move the meter.

The trouble is, it might take a wee while to get a sparky organised to move
the consumer unit close to the repositioned meter (assuming that this might
happen). How far away from an existing consumer unit can a meter be moved?
It would be nice to put the meter in another room but if that's not
possible, a high level meter and consumer unit (just 1.5 to 2m from present
position) would be a lot less visually intrusive. No doubt everything has
to be low level and accessible these days though. Is a high level meter and
consumer unit allowed?

Tim