Electrical Compliance Checklist

Identify changes since the last review: extensions, new equipment, altered use or a change in occupation. Those changes help define which records and technical checks need attention.

Collect existing electrical installation condition reports, records for new or altered work, distribution information and relevant maintenance reports. Check that each document identifies the correct premises and the work it covers.

Keep records for portable equipment, emergency lighting and specialist systems identifiable. A document for one activity does not cover every electrical requirement at the property. Locate missing information and record what needs verification.

Read the findings, limitations and recommendations in each report. Link required repairs or further investigation to an owner, instruction and completion record. An approved quotation does not demonstrate that the work has been done.

Keep operating restrictions visible to the people using the property. A later repair record should identify the original finding it addresses so the evidence can be followed without reconstructing the history from invoices.

Confirm how damaged equipment and electrical faults are reported. Keep asset details and previous findings available for the person investigating. Set maintenance and inspection timing against the applicable requirements, use and technical assessment rather than copying a universal interval.

HSE's work-equipment maintenance guidance emphasises planned, competent work and safe maintenance arrangements. Electrical work needs appropriate competence for the installation and task.

Identify equipment locations, access restrictions, occupied areas and the effect of losing supplies. Arrange the permissions and communications needed for the work. Include other supplies or connected systems in the information given to the electrical specialist.

A planned attendance needs more than an appointment date. The people carrying out the work need the agreed scope, relevant records and a safe way to reach and assess the installation.

Check that the records identify the work completed, results, remaining findings and the condition left. Update drawings or schedules when the installation changes. Record the next review or inspection basis and the person responsible for arranging it.

At a property or contractor handover, transfer the current information and open actions together. A folder of old certificates without the outstanding-work position leaves the next team with an incomplete picture.

No. It organises information and actions. Inspection and testing require a defined technical scope and a person competent to carry them out.

Check what it covers. Different installations, alterations and specialist systems can have separate records and requirements.

Identify the action, responsible person and relevant priority from the technical report. Keep its instruction and completion evidence linked to the finding.

Read what an EICR covers and how maintenance frequencies are determined. Explore Electrical Testing and EICRs, Statutory Maintenance and Compliance Remedial Works.