Was talking to my cousin on the w/e.

He used to be a BT engineer (GPO trained), took the
Voluntary redundancy package in 2000 and got a job at
local college setting and testing the gear used on the
electricians courses, so is effectively Part 17 in
all but piece of paper.

He says part 18 will require all properties that are
within 1 Km of a church or tower block with lightning
rods, will need to be fitted with surge protection devices.

Seems a bit extreme.

Who is going to measure that 1Km ?.

Also problems for people with electric cars parked
on the drive of the premises. These will (he thinks)
need more earth rods than will be practical to fulfil
some other new requirement.