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Thanks - I thought that might be the case.
It may turn out to be easier to have a sparky do it all - some of the cabling I've uncovered is appalling, and even I known some of those bits aren't up to regs.
Now i just need to worry about the sparkybnot signing off until a boatload of other remedial work is done.
NotThamesWater
Yes, but you're at the whim of the electrician who signs it all off and some can do but won't, some can't due to restrictions by their registration body. What you're describing is third party authorisation and it's carefully regulated as it's clearly open to abuse. You are supposed to contract the electrician before work begins and have them accept the job, it ends up being such a palaver that most electricians would rather run the wire themselves.