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Health & Safety Advice
Electrical Safety and PAT testing
 These Regulations apply to all work
activities involving electrical equipment. Â They
place duties on employers, the self-employed and employees (subsequently
referred to as duty holders). Â These duties are intended to control risks arising from the use of electricity.
normal”>precautions appropriate to the risk rather than having precautions
imposed that may not be relevant to a particular work activity.
normal”>systems be maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, to prevent
danger. Â This requirement covers all
items of electrical equipment
including fixed, portable and
transportable equipment.Â
portable
equipment.
Portable
or transportable electrical equipment
means equipment that is not part of a fixed installation, but is intended to be
connected to a fixed installation, or a generator, by means of a flexible cable
and either a plug and socket, or a spur box, or similar means. Â This
includes equipment that is either hand-held or hand-operated while connected to
the supply, intended to be moved while connected to the supply, or likely to be
moved while connected to the supply.
portable equipment
include: kettles, moveable heaters, moveable slicing machines.Â
Extension leads, plugs and sockets, and cord sets that supply portable
equipment, are classified as portable equipment because they operate in the same
environment and are subject to the same use as the equipment they serve.
portable equipment.
normal”>portable electrical equipment should be based on a risk
assessment.
'unauthorised' equipment
is brought to work by employees (eg
electric heaters, kettles, coffee percolators, electric fans). Â Use
of such equipment should be controlled and it may need to be included in the
maintenance regime if its use if permitted. Â Equipment
that fails a user check or a formal visual inspection should not be used until
it is properly repaired.
 Duty
holders may therefore choose intervals that they consider to be appropriate.
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