Is PAT Testing a legal requirement?
No, however it is a legal requirement for all employers’ to make sure that all electrical equipment is SAFE. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, state that ‘As may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable such danger’. The best way of complying with this requirement is to inspect and test portable appliances on a regular basis.
