Paul,
I have just downloaded and read the proposed changes to your Regulations.
And my God, that writing style is hard to read.
But could I please raise a few points from the text of that document:
  • The last parts of this text mentions the use of RCD's, quite a bit, the PC way, these days to effect Electrical Safety, is to just slap an RCD on it,regardless of what the standard of the work is like.
  • It is interesting to note the difference in Safety levels(No. of Injuries/Deaths),up to the metering/main switch and on the other side of the PoCo equipment, is this because no DIYer would dare touch a supply they could not turn off?.
  • IMHO all of this legislation could be avoided by bringing back across-the-board Inspections of all new installation work, regardless of who did it.
  • I had an unusual feeling of deja-vu reading that document, I read one similar to it in 1992, over here, in 1993, we got Self-Certification and there is not one Electrician that I have met yet that likes this system, it targets the wrong people. [Linked Image]