Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), checks that your electrical installations or circuits
conform to the
latest wiring regulations, in order to ensure you are compliant with relevant safety legislation.
New Regulations require landlords to have the electrical installations in their properties inspected
and tested by a person who is qualified and competent, at an interval of at least every 5 years. Landlords
have to provide a
copy of the electrical safety report to their tenants, and to their local authority if requested.
The standards that should be met are set out in the 18th edition of the Wiring Regulations. The Regulations
state that a landlord must ensure that electrical safety standards are met, and that investigative or
remedial work is carried out if the report requires it. The electrical installation should be safe for
continued use. In practice, if the report does not require investigative or remedial work, the landlord will
not be required to carry out any further work.
The charity Electrical Safety First have put together a suite of guidance that may be useful for landlords in
understanding the standard:
The ‘fixed’ electrical parts of the property, like the wiring, the socket-outlets (plug sockets), the light fittings and the consumer unit (or fuse box) will be inspected. This will include permanently connected equipment such as showers and extractors fans.
After a full inspection and test is carried out it will find out:
