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From: "Uno Hoo!" <k...@dropthisbigfoot.com>
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Subject: DIY electrical work after 1st January 2005
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:23:16 -0000
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I'm fed up to the back teeth with the misleading information being given out 
by the media about the new 'safety law' which comes into being after 1st 
January next year.
As an example, the BBC 'Good Homes' magazine states: "If you're thinking of 
tackling the electrics in your home DIY style, think again - from 1st 
January 2005 it will be illegal. The National Council for Electrical 
Installation Contracting (NICEIC) has passed a new safety law that renders 
all electrical work done by yourself, or an unregistered electrician, 
illegal."

Similarly it has just been announced on Classic FM news that DIY electrical 
work will be illegal after 1st January.  This is complete and utter 
cobblers. The new law specifically exempts 'minor' electrical work such as 
adding extra power points and/or lighting points - and on the whole this is 
the sort of work that DIY electricians undertake. Only major work such as 
adding complete new circuits and work undertaken in bathrooms and kitchens 
comes within the new laws. Even the work that *is* covered by the new 
regulations is not prohibited to DIY'ers - anyone wishing to carry out such 
work has to notify the authorities and have the work inspected. Hardly 
*illegal* ??

Why can the media never get anything right?

Kev