Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I move amendment No. 34:

In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:

"(15) When a registered electrical contractor carries out electrical works, which by reason of regulations made under section 9E(1) are deemed to be designated electrical works, the registered electrical contractor concerned shall issue a completion certificate to the person who requested the works to be carried out.".

This is a complex area and one may become involved in legal wrangles if works go wrong. That is why it is important to identify what is a designated and what is a specified work. Even though, as Deputy Broughan stated, this matter was examined in detail on Committee Stage, there is need for further clarity. The proposal in this amendment is to provide further clarity by explicitly setting out in a new subsection (15) that where a registered electrical contractor carries out designated electrical works, the contractor would then have to issue a completion certificate. That ties in with section 9E(1) by setting out what designated electrical works are, which makes sense.

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