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You can wire it up yourself, but it should come with a plug on if it's truly 13amp. It's normal to have to take the plug off to pass the cable into the adjacent cabinet because the hole is too small for the plug!
It seems that the regulation say max 2k watts on a 13amp plug. The reason they don't like cookers on the kitchen ring is because it doesn't leave much headroom when the oven is full on and someone boils the kettle while ironing their shirt and making toast with the dishwasher and washing machine on.
Just noticed your current cu seems to be missing the cover to the fuses, hopefully you just removed that for the pictures.
Airhead
Ha. Haha. Hahahahahaha. Nope. (See attached pic of CU).
Just got to hope it is a 13A cooker. JL says it is. AO says it is ( http://ao.com/product/zoa35802xd-zanussi-electric-single-oven-stainless-steel-24790-45.aspx ). Just some of the datasheets on the Zanussi site don't agree.
Last question (I promise). If I did get a 13A unit that's replacing the existing one with a connector block on the back for the power (so the existing cable could be reused), would I (according to the regs) require someone competent to do that job? (I know I could get away with doing it myself, but that's not my question.)