PaulUK, firstly you are incorrect about the Gas regulations. ANYONE can install or repair any Gas appliance in their home, so long as they do not rent any part of it out to anyone who is not a member of their immediate family.
However as most people do not realise this is the case, better to let sleeping dogs lay I believe.
I think that DIY electrical work should be totally illegal. It kills more in one year that gas ever did, and they certainly bit on that cherry.
You say the Government have no right to say what a person can and cannot do in their own home..so why do you get done for murder for killing your wife/mother/father/son/daughter?
Please dont' say it is different, it is not, playing with a loaded sidearm in your home is EXACTLY the same as ballsing up your electrical work..when it goes wrong people often get injured or die.
People need to be protected from themselves as much as anything else.
Further, when I get on a Bus to have a pint, I do not demand to go DIY and drive the bus, so why should the bus driver be able to do my job?
