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look at it this way you state its under a stairwell so that could be classed as an escape route, if you were carrying out an inspection and the consumer unit is located on an escape route then it should should be coded as a C3 as its installed under a stairwell which in the event of a fire, could possibly block the escape route, so the answer you are looking for is a consumer unit made of a non combustible material which at the moment is metal ,it may well be January it comes into force for non combustible consumer units but realistically if they are available they should now be installed, as for the RCDs no RCD's on socket outlets is a code 3 , how ever a risk assessment , could possibly render it a code 2 depending on its usage , so risk asses and use a bit of common sense
Where on earth have you got a regulation concerning consumer units under stairwells or in escape routes from?