Maybe the word offence was a bit dramatic,I will try and explain how I understand the sytem and how you are supposed to comply
For me to use the word offence, may have been presuming a few things(wrongly perhaps)
Part p of the building regs gives a couple of ways of complying
A person has to notify the works to labc before the work starts and pay a fee
If you have full plans approval, it means the wiring doesn't have to be notified seperately,so the fee would be taken care of by the full plans bit
Part p requires a completion certificate to say that it complies with the building regs
That has to be issued by the inspector after the work has been inspected at first and second fix by the inspector, and testing and certification is then the responsibility of labc
To by pass this procedure,a person doing the wiring can register with a competent person scheme to self certify compliance with the building regs
If neither of these options is taken,then there are ( on paper anyway ) fines for non compliance with the building regs
Those fines ( on paper again
) are very hefty I was under the impression it was in the thousands
That is why I used the word offence
I am sorry if I have presumed anything eg if you are registered or if you did notify labc
I may well be very very wrong with some or even all of my information,but it may be worthwhile checking
To be a little more positive
Part p is not implemented by nearly every labc in the land
It is not any concern to sparks who dont register .it is of no concern to the millions of people who do Diy
Nobody as far as I know have been prosecuted for not notifying work or for bad installation work
Its a crap piece of legistlation,but on paper it should be followed,or so mps believed, when they enacted the nonesense
