Mark Coles, Head of Technical Regulations at the IET said “The IET is the authority for electrical installations in the UK and ensures that the National Wiring Regulations Committee carefully considers all necessary updates to the Regulations to ensure they best meet the needs of the industry.

A new Regulation, 710.422.2.201, has been included in order to modify requirements in Regulation group 422.2 for protected escape routes in healthcare facilities.

Regulation 701.1 has been amended to remove the reference to birthing pools.

Table 443.2 and the Note to Regulation 534.4.1.1 have been amended to remove examples of equipment.The provision, therefore, had unintended consequences for improvements to fire safety systems within installations.

The term safety service, formerly included in Regulation 443.4.1 (ii), encompassed a wide range of systems. Indent (ii) of Regulation 443.4.1 has been removed.Regulation 422.2 has been amended to clarify the scope of the provision.It will be available for free to download from the IET and BSI.

The Corrigendum will make changes to five areas of BS 7671 and will come into effect immediately when published on Monday.

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