House of Commons - Building Regulations applying to electrical and gas installation and repairs in dwellings - Communities and Local Government Committee

Communities and Local Government Committee - Tenth Report
Building Regulations applying to electrical and gas installation and repairs in dwellings

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 March 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Building Regulations Review

Our inquiry

2 Gas

Gas Safety and Building Regulations

Liability of householders

Compliance

Carbon monoxide alarms

Public awareness of gas installation and safety issues

3 Electricity

The Introduction of Part P of the Building Regulations

Proposed changes to Part P

Competent Person Schemes

Costs of becoming a Competent Person Scheme

Conflict of interest?

Benefits for installers to be a member of a Competent Person Scheme

Mandatory electrical competence scheme?

Building regulation approval

Liability

Publicity

4 Conclusion

Annex 1: Department of Health and HSE statistics

Annex 2: how to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations

Annex 3: glossary of terms, initials and acronyms

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of unprinted evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and written evidence

20 February 2012

27 February 2012

Written evidence

Unprinted written evidence