The safety testing programme has run extremely smoothly.  Epsilon worked excellently with the hotels operations team and they overcame any hurdles and delivered to our scope of works on time and within budget

Mike Lea
Head of Facilities for Travelodge

Legislation - Electrical Safety

The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 is the essential legislation and specific guidance with reference to electrical safety can be found in the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. The stated requirement is that “all reasonable and practicable steps to prevent danger from electrical systems”.
The electrical industry takes its guidance from the IET and The IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition BS7671:2008. These standards require tests and inspections to installations and recommend periodic installation testing.
“Installations which conform to the standards laid down in BS7671:2008 are regarded by the HSE as likely to achieve conformity with the relevant parts of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989” say the HSE.

Contacts & Sources

  • NICEIC (the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contractors) www.niceic.org.uk
  • ECA (Electrical Contractors Association) www.eca.co.uk
  • The IET (the Institution of Engineering and Technology) www.theiet.org
  • The HSE www.hse.gov.uk

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