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Here are some further resources for PAT Testing and related safety issues.

UK Health & Safety Executive:

• Main site – regulations, articles and statistics:
  http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/index.htm

• Site for small businesses – starting on the road to safe practice:
  http://www.hse.gov.uk/betterbusiness/index.htm

• Overview of electrical safety:
  http://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/

HMSO – Acts of Parliament concerning electrical safety:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20012127.htm

• Landlord & Tenant Act 1985
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880026_en_1.htm

• Consumer Protection Act 1987
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19871680_en_1.htm

• Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19890635_en_1.htm

• Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19943260_en_1.htm

• Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19993242.htm

Professional bodies:

• National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting:
  http://www.niceic.org.uk