1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (3), every user or lessor of an electrical installation, as the case may be, shall have a valid certificate of compliance in respect of every such installation: Provided that where any addition or alteration has been effected to an electrical installation for which a certificate of compliance was previously issued, the user or lessor of such an installation shall obtain either a certificate of compliance for such an addition or alteration or a new certificate of compliance for the whole installation: Provided further that such certificate shall be transferable.
2) Every user or lessor of an electrical installation, as the case may be, shall on request produce the certificate of compliance for that installation to an inspector or the supplier.
3) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to electrical installations existing prior to the coming into force of these regulations: Provided that, if –
a) any addition or alteration is effected to such an installation; or
b) there is a change of ownership of the premises on which such an installation exists after 1 January 1994, the user or lessor of the electrical installation, as the case may be, shall obtain a certificate of compliance for the whole installation, whereafter the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be applicable to such installation.
4) A supplier may at any reasonable time inspect or test any electrical installation: Provided that the supplier shall not charge any fee for such inspection or test unless the inspection or test is carried out at the request of the user or lessor.
5) If after an inspector or a supplier has carried out an inspection or test he detects any fault or defect in any electrical installation, such inspector or supplier may require the user or lessor of that installation to obtain a new certificate of compliance: Provided that if such fault or defect in the opinion of the inspector or the supplier constitutes an immediate danger to persons, the inspector or the supplier shall forthwith take steps to have the supply to the circuit in which the fault or defect was detected disconnected :
Provided further that where the fault or defect is of such a nature that it may indicate negligence on the part of an accredited person, the Inspector or the supplier, as the case may be, shall forthwith report those circumstances in writing to the chief inspector.