Amendment number one replaces the Periodic Inspection Report with the new Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR). The changes are intended to make customers much more aware of what the report is, why it is needed and what it does. It will be more descriptive than the Periodic Inspection Report. Any observations or non-compliances are also presented differently:
BS 7671:2008 Amendment 1 was published on 1st July. One of the amendments (the first amendment) is to the reporting of a periodic inspection for an electrical installation where the previous 'Periodic Inspection Report' has been changed to 'Electrical Installation Condition Report'.
This article - originally published in the IET's publication 'Wiring Matters' (Autumn 2011) and written by Paul Bicheno - answers some typical questions and describes some of the key aspects of what has been amended.
To read the full article, please click on the link below (PDF doc - 401kB file size).