Certificates
On completion of the work, there are a number of important tasks that the firm is responsible for carrying out to ensure that the work is properly documented and your local authority Building Control department has the information it requires. This will ensure that in future years you will be able to demonstrate that the work was properly executed and that, should any further electrical work be necessary, it can be carried out safely.BS 7671 Installation Certificate
This is a technical document that an approved firm should provide as a matter of course. It is needed in order to comply with the Building Regulations and its principal use is to enable the firm that carries out any future electrical work in your property to do so safely.To give you an indication of the kind of certificate that you will receive, please click the 'Electrical Installation Certificate' link.
You should keep this certificate somewhere safe.
Building Regulations Compliance Certificate
This document simply states that the work carried out by the firm complies with the Building Regulations, click here for a specimen certificate.This certificate may be requested, for example, by a purchaser's solicitor when you sell your property. Looking further ahead, it may be required as one of the documents that makes-up your 'Home Information Pack' when it is introduced in 2007.
The certificate will be posted to you by the firm's scheme operator, i.e. BRE Certification Ltd, within 30 days of completion of the work.
If a the firm has carried out work and the certificate is overdue please ring 0870 609 6093. In order for BRE Certification to supply you with the certificate, the firm must provide BRE certification with the relevant information concerning the work carried out, address and date. It may be necessary to chase the firm if they are slow in providing this information.
Notification to your local authority's Building Control department
The firm's scheme provider, i.e. BRE Certification, must provide information to the relevant local authority concerning the work carried out. This information is then publicly available, for example, as part of the searches carried out during the sale of a property.The information required by BRE Certification is essentially the same as that provided by the firm in order to produce your Building Regulations Compliance Certificate. Local authorities must have this information within 30 days of the completion of work and, hence, the firm must in turn provide their scheme operators with the required information promptly.