Have recently had an external safety audit and we have been asked to provide a certificate of the five year periodic inspection of the electrical cable systems with in the building is this legislation or just best practice still quite new to most of this, need to know if it is a must as we have another ten buildings across the country which will all have to be done

Dav http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsr25.htm This new edition of HSR25 is intended to help dutyholders meet the requirements of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. and << http://books.hse.gov.uk/...alogueCode=9780717621644 >> Electricity at Work Safe Working Practices Each Premises should have an Electrical Completion Certificate (Handover) and then a subsequent Periodic Inspection Report Normaly every 5 Years but it depends on the Ocupancy and activity with in the building - Public Entertainment re-inspection every year No valid Certificate may invalidate any insurance on the premisses