Document P - Electrical Safety 2006DocPFinalNC.pdf - UK & WALES BUILDING REGULATIONS - Kielons

Contents

PAGE

Use of guidance

Section 2: Material alterations and

material changes of use

The Approved Documents

Limitation on requirements

Section 3: Information about

other legislation

Materials and workmanship

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

Mixed use development

Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity

Regulations 2002

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)

Regulations 1992

Functionality requirements

The Requirements

Appendix A: Examples of electrical

installation diagrams

Section 0: General guidance

Performance

Appendix B: Copies of BS 7671

and IEE model forms

General

Definitions

Appendix C: Older practice that can be

encountered in alteration work

Other regulations

Notification of work

Appendix D: New harmonised cable

identification colours

Section 1: Design, installation,

inspection and testing, and provision

of information

Appendix E: Competent person

self-certification schemes

General

Standards referred to

Design and construction

General

Other publications referred to

Protection against flooding

Accessibility

Inspection and testing before taking

into service

General

BS 7671 certificates for all

electrical work

Building Regulations compliance

certificates/final notices for

notifiable work

Certification of notifiable work

a. Where the installer is registered

with a Part P competent person

self-certification scheme

b. Where the installer is not registered

with a Part P competent person

scheme but qualified to complete

BS 7671 certificates

c. Where installers are not qualified

to complete BS 7671 certificates

Third party certification

Inspection and testing of

non-notifiable work

Provision of information

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Electrical safety – dwellings

Use of guidance

THE APPROVED DOCUMENTS

This document is one of a series that has been

approved and issued by the Secretary of State

for the purpose of providing practical guidance

with respect to the requirements of Schedule 1

to and regulation 7 of the Building Regulations

2000 (SI 2000/2531) for England and Wales.

SI 2000/2531 has been amended by the Building

(Amendment) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3335),

the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2002

(SI 2002/440), the Building (Amendment) (No 2)

Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2871), the Building

(Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2692),

the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (SI

2004/1465) and the Building (Amendment) (No 3)

Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3210) and the Building

and Approved Inspectors (Amendment)

Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/652).

At the back of this document is a list of all the

documents that have been approved and issued

by the Secretary of State for this purpose.

Approved Documents are intended to provide

guidance for some of the more common building

situations. However, there may well be alternative

ways of achieving compliance with the

requirements. Thus there is no obligation to

adopt any particular solution contained in an

Approved Document if you prefer to meet the

relevant requirement in some other way.

LIMITATION ON REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with regulation 8, the requirements

in Parts A to D, F to K, N and P (except for

paragraphs H2 and J6) of Schedule 1 to the

Building Regulations do not require anything

to be done except for the purpose of securing

reasonable standards of health and safety for

persons in or about buildings (and any others

who may be affected by buildings or matters

connected with buildings). This is one of the

categories of purpose for which Building

Regulations may be made.

Paragraphs H2 and J6 are excluded from

regulation 8 because they deal directly with

prevention of the contamination of water. Parts E

and M (which deal, respectively, with resistance

to the passage of sound, and access to and use

of buildings) are excluded from regulation 8

because they address the welfare and convenience

of building users. Part L is excluded from

regulation 8 because it addresses the conservation

of fuel and power. All these matters are amongst

the purposes, other than health and safety, that

may be addressed by Building Regulations.

MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP

Any building work which is subject to the

requirements imposed by Schedule 1 to the

Building Regulations should, in accordance with

regulation 7, be carried out with proper materials

and in a workmanlike manner.

You may show that you have complied with

regulation 7 in a number of ways. These include

the appropriate use of a product bearing CE

marking in accordance with the Construction

Products Directive (89/106/EEC) 1 , the Low

Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC and amendment

93/68/EEC) 2 and the EMC Directive (89/336/

EEC) 3 , as amended by the CE marking Directive

(93/68/EEC) 4 , or a product complying with an

appropriate technical specification (as defined

in those Directives), a British Standard, or an

alternative national technical specification of

any state which is a contracting party to the

European Economic Area which, in use, is

equivalent, or a product covered by a national

or European certificate issued by a European

Technical Approval issuing body, and the

conditions of use are in accordance with the

terms of the certificate. You will find further

guidance in the Approved Document supporting

regulation 7 on materials and workmanship.

Supplementary guidance

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

occasionally issues additional material to aid

interpretation of the guidance contained in

Approved Documents. This material may be

conveyed in official letters to Chief Executives of

Local Authorities and Approved Inspectors and/

or posted on the websites accessed through:

http://www.odpm.gov.uk/building-regulations.

Other requirements

The guidance contained in an Approved Document

relates only to the particular requirements of the

Regulations which the document addresses. The

building work will also have to comply with any

other relevant requirements in Schedule 1 to the

Regulations.

There are Approved Documents which give

guidance on each of the Parts of Schedule 1

and on Regulation 7.

1 As implemented by the Construction Products Regulations 1991

(SI 1620/1991).

2 As implemented by the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994

(SI 3260/1994).

3 As implemented by the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 1992

(SI 2372/1992).

4 As implemented by the Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations

1994 (SI 3051/1994) and the Electromagnetic Compatibility

(Amendment) Regulations 1994 (SI 3080/1994).

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Electrical safety – dwellings

USE OF GUIDANCE

Independent certification schemes

There are many UK product certification schemes.

Such schemes certify compliance with the

requirements of a recognised document which is

appropriate to the purpose for which the material

is to be used. Materials which are not so certified

may still conform to a relevant standard.

Many certification bodies which approve such

schemes are accredited by UKAS.

THE WORKPLACE (HEALTH,

SAFETY AND WELFARE)

REGULATIONS 1992

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)

Regulations 1992 as amended contain some

requirements which affect building design.

The main requirements are now covered by the

Building Regulations, but for further information

see: Workplace health, safety and welfare:

Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations

1992, Approved Code of Practice , L24, HMSO,

1992 (ISBN 0 7176 0413 6).

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)

Regulations 1992 apply to the common parts

of flats and similar buildings if people such as

cleaners and caretakers are employed to work

in these common parts. Where the requirements

of the Building Regulations that are covered by

this Part do not apply to buildings other than

dwellings, the provisions may still be required in

the situations described above in order to satisfy

the Workplace Regulations.

Technical specifications

Under section 1(1) of the Building Act 1984,

Building Regulations may be made for various

purposes including health, safety, welfare,

convenience, conservation of fuel and power and

prevention of waste or contamination of water,

furthering the protection or enhancement of the

environment, facilitating sustainable development

or the prevention and detection of crime. Standards

and technical approvals are relevant guidance to

the extent that they relate to these considerations.

However, they may also address other aspects

of performance such as serviceability, or aspects

which, although they relate to the purposes listed

above, are not covered by the current Regulations.

When an Approved Document makes reference

to a named standard, the relevant version of

the standard is the one listed at the end of the

publication. However, if this version has been

revised or updated by the issuing standards

body, the new version may be used as a source

of guidance provided it continues to address the

relevant requirements of the Regulations.

The appropriate use of a product which complies

with a European Technical Approval as defined in

the Construction Products Directive will meet the

relevant requirements.

The Office intends to issue periodic amendments

to its Approved Documents to reflect emerging

harmonised European Standards. Where a national

standard is to be replaced by a European

harmonised standard, there will be a co-existence

period during which either standard may be

referred to. At the end of the co-existence period

the national standard will be withdrawn.

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

In mixed use developments part of a building

may be used as a dwelling while another part

has a non-domestic use. In such cases, if the

requirements of the Regulations for dwellings

and non-domestic use differ, the requirements

for non-domestic use should apply in any shared

parts of the building.

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