Part P And How It Effects You

Part P was introduced in January 2005, it is a part of the building regulations series.
Part P covers electrical installations and the requirements as set out within
part P. It is enforceable in the same way as any of the other building
regulations and the body who police it, at local level is your building control
office. Building regulation Part’s range from Part A (structure) to Part P
(electrical)

So what stops you just wiring your own electric’s? Nothing does until you come to sell your
property. You could phone your building control office before you start your
rewire and inform them of your intent and request building control to visit and
they will.

Well at least they will charge you (£350 at my local building control)
and then send out an electrician who is registered with one of the Part P self
certification schemes. They will inspect your work and either pass it and issue
a certificate or fail it and then charge you to come out and re test after the
non compliance has been sorted out.