PART 2The Building Regulations 2010

Schedule 4 (descriptions of work where no building notice or deposit of full plans required)16

1

In paragraph 1—

a

after “work consisting of” insert—

a

replacing any fixed electrical equipment which does not include the provision of—

i

any new fixed cabling, or

ii

a consumer unit;

b

replacing a damaged cable for a single circuit only;

c

re-fixing or replacing enclosures of existing installation components, where the circuit protective measures are unaffected;

d

providing mechanical protection to an existing fixed installation, where the circuit protective measures and current carrying capacity of conductors are unaffected by the increased thermal insulation;

e

installing or upgrading main or supplementary equipotential bonding;

b

in sub-paragraph (g)—

i

in paragraph (i) omit “(other than a fixed flueless gas cooker)”;

ii

in paragraph (ii) for “12(6A)” substitute “12(6)(b)”.

2

After paragraph 1 insert—

2

Work which—

a

is not in a kitchen, or a special location;

b

does not involve work on a special installation; and

c

consists of—

i

adding light fittings and switches to an existing circuit, or

ii

adding socket outlets and fused spurs to an existing ring or radial circuit.

3

Work on—

a

telephone wiring or extra-low voltage wiring for the purposes of communications, information technology, signalling, control and similar purposes, where the wiring is not in a special location;

b

equipment associated with the wiring referred to in sub-paragraph (a);

c

pre-fabricated equipment sets and associated flexible leads with integral plug and socket connections.

3

In paragraph 4 at the appropriate places insert—

  • “kitchen” means a room or part of a room which contains a sink and food preparation facilities;

  • “special installation” means an electric floor or ceiling heating system, an outdoor lighting or electric power installation, an electricity generator, or an extra-low voltage lighting system which is not a pre-assembled lighting set bearing the CE marking referred to in regulation 39 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016” 10;

  • “special location” means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, seventeenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 200811.