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submit a Building Notice to the relevant Local Authority Building Control Office and their request to inspect and check the work for compliance will be responded to within 48 hours. There will be a charge for this service which is dependent on the value of the electrical work carried out."
I wonder how much the charge is going to be?

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i have to say once part p is in force i am looking forward to putting my rates up and reaping the rewards.
I'm not so sure that increasing rates would be that beneficial to you. If you're going to price yourself out of the ballpark against non-registered sparkies then you may end up losing work. If a non-registered sparky plus the cost of the inspection comes to less than hiring somebody who's registered, then what's the point?

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the thing is it has its faults but it is a start for us to get rid of the cowboys and diy'ers doing there extensions etc..
But how? [Linked Image] Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting people to understand the error of their ways and improve the safety of their electrical systems, but how is part P going to stop bad DIY work?

DIY extensions will just be done by homeowners and the local council will know nothing about them. We still have a firm grasp on the "Englishman's home is his castle" principle in this country, despite the government's attempts to convince us otherwise.

Sorry, but I'm with Alan on this one. I see this whole scheme as just a badly organized mess designed to make it look as though our "caring" government is addressing some "problem." It's just another bureaucracy-boosting con to extract money, nothing more. [Linked Image]