Electrical Safety Wales

This means that all electrical installation work undertaken in a home in england or wales must by law comply with part p of the building regulations.

Electrical safety wales.

This responsibility is continuous and comes into effect on the 1st july 2020 for all new and renewed tenancies. In wales all landlords and agents of domestic tenancies including assured shorthold tenancies must be registered and or licensed with rent smart wales. Every household with a person over 80 receive a free electrical safety check. The welsh government consider a disrepair scheme to fund electrical safety improvements and checks in vulnerable people s homes in wales.

We use electricity for lots of menial tasks like turning on a light switch making toast and charging our phones but we also use it to power important things like medical equipment traffic control and street lights. For england and wales were amended to include part p which covers electrical safety in dwellings. The electrical safety standards in the private rented sector england regulations 2020 requires that landlords maintain their property to the electrical safety standards and to be able to provide evidence of this. The law 2 and what you need to know.

Coronavirus covid 19 newport city council is following and implementing best practice regarding coronavirus as advised by the government and public health wales. To keep and obtain a licence a landlord must keep to certain rules and recommendations including electrical safety.