From 1st January 2005 the Government introduced the Part ‘P' Electrical Safety Regulations, meaning anybody carrying out electrical installation work in dwellings in England & Wales are required to make "reasonable provision in the design, installation, inspection and testing" of this work to protect persons against fire or injury and a new Part of the Building Regulations - Part ‘P' Electrical Safety – into effect.
All work on fixed electrical installations in dwellings are subject to Building Control and the work itself has to comply with the requirement that it "shall be suitably designed, installed, inspected and tested so as to provide reasonable protection against there being the source of a fire or cause of injury to persons and where an electrical installation is provided, extended or altered, sufficient information shall be provided so that persons wishing to operate, maintain or alter the installation in the future can do so reasonably safely".
Part ‘P' is restricted to dwellings and, moreover, the way it applies depends on the sort of electrical work involved and where this work is being undertaken within a dwelling.
Brighton Fire Alarms was very proud to be one of the first companies in the South East of England to be registered as A Competent Person. A 'Competent Person' is a firm that has been adjudged to be sufficiently competent to self-certify that its work complies with the Building Regulations.
