Portable Appliance Testing
E3 Energy for PAT Testing
The HSE and
EAWR require that electrical installations and equipment be
free from hazard and electrically sound.
PORTABLE APPLIANCE TESTING
PAT FOR BUSINESS
Why PAT Test?
Businesses and Landlords have a duty to protect staff and
occupants from faulty electrical systems. This includes both the electrical
safety of the wiring systems as well as electrical equipment such as computers,
kitchen equipment and power tools.
Lettings Agents and
Landlords
As a landlord, you have a duty to prevent harm to your tenants from electrical
appliances that you supply. Portable appliance testing is widely regarded as
being the best way of complying with this obligation. Without a programme of
planned appliance testing and maintenance, you could be legally liable for
damages resulting from your untested appliances. This covers all portable
appliances that you supply, including fridges and freezers, microwave ovens, televisions
and vacuum cleaners.
The Responsibility of
Landlords
The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, mandatory since
Additional Inspection & Test Services
Testing does not end with the appliance. Businesses should ensure that their electrical infastructure is fully compliant and regularly tested. Our staff can advise on the current regulations in regard to Periodic Inspections. We can also provide visual and certificated reports to landlords as part of their compliance processes.
Please contact us to discuss any requirements
Links
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
The Electricity at Work Regulations
Corporate
and Public Sector
As a business, you have a duty to prevent any harm coming to your employees and customers. Portable appliance testing is one of the ways that you can comply with this obligation.
Failure to implement a programme of regular appliance testing can also have insurance implications.
Insurance companies assume that when giving insurance cover to a business, the owwners of that business are complying with all necessary regulations. Failure to do so may reduce, delay or in some curcumstances result in non payment of claim.
The Responsiblity of Employers
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
Regulation 4 (2): 'As may be necessary to prevent danger all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent so far as is reasonably practicable such danger.'
To meet the requirements of the 1989 Electricity at work regulations, it is widely regarded to be necessary to implement a programme of planned inspection and testing of portable appliances.
As a business, you have a duty to prevent any harm coming to your employees and customers. Portable appliance testing is one of the ways that you can comply with this obligation.
Failure to implement a programme of regular appliance testing can also have insurance implications.
Insurance companies assume that when giving insurance cover to a business, the owwners of that business are complying with all necessary regulations. Failure to do so may reduce, delay or in some curcumstances result in non payment of claim.
The Responsiblity of Employers
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
Regulation 4 (2): 'As may be necessary to prevent danger all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent so far as is reasonably practicable such danger.'
To meet the requirements of the 1989 Electricity at work regulations, it is widely regarded to be necessary to implement a programme of planned inspection and testing of portable appliances.
In the Health & Safety At Work Act 1974, all employers have a legal duty to provide safe plant and equipment and every employer must ensure that equipment must be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and good repair.
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