Electrical work on energised electrical equipment

Subregulations (2) and (3) do not apply to electrical work carried out under the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 regulation 55(2).

Subregulations (2) and (3) do not require the de-energisation of — (a) service apparatus that is part of a building’s electrical installation; or (b) a supply cable that is part of a building’s electrical installation if — (i) the cable is from a solar power system, wind turbine or battery; and (ii) it is not…

A person who, at a workplace, is a person conducting a business or undertaking at, or a person with management or control of, the workplace must ensure that, before electrical work is carried out on a part of an electrical installation at the workplace, the part — (a) is tested by a competent person to…

Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to electrical work carried out under the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 regulation 55(2).

In this regulation — building means a Class 1, Class 2 or Class 10a building as referred to in the Building Regulations 2012; roof space, of a building — (a) means the space in the building that is — (i) immediately under the roof; or (ii) if there is a ceiling under the roof, or…

A person who, at a workplace, is a person conducting a business or undertaking at, or a person with management or control of, the workplace must ensure that, before work is done in a roof space of a building at the workplace, the building’s electrical installation is de-energised by a competent person.

A worker must not do work in a roof space of a building at a workplace unless the building’s electrical installation is de-energised by a competent person.

If the roof space of a building to which subregulation (2) or (3) applies is divided into separate parts, such that a person cannot move from 1 part of the roof space to another, and each part relates to a separate dwelling, the requirement to de-energise the building’s electrical installation only applies to the dwelling…