The current situation regarding regulation of electrical contracting is unsustainable. What we have at the moment are two self-regulating bodies for electrical contractors with no clear harmonisation of standards. Membership is voluntary and the enforcement of safety standards is difficult. At present, domestic customers have no statutory or regulatory protection against shoddy work. While people in the workplace have some protection from the Health and Safety Authority, there are difficulties with the inspection of contractors' work in situations where the owners of premises are not prepared to allow the regulatory authorities to carry out inspections. Difficulties have arisen where people who are not members of the current regulatory organisations carry out work and where forms are presented to the ESB on their behalf for unsupervised and uninspected work.