{"id":14928,"date":"2020-03-04T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=14928"},"modified":"2020-03-03T11:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:32:40","slug":"iet-bsi-publish-amendment-1-to-bs-76712018-wiring-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/iet-bsi-publish-amendment-1-to-bs-76712018-wiring-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"IET &#038; BSI publish Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018\u00a0Wiring Regulations\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The IET and BSI\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">released Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018 (18<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fEdition IET Wiring Regulations), which enables a more practical solution for Electric Vehicle Charging Installations. This will help support the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Containing the updated Section 722 (Electric Vehicle Charging Installations), Amendment 1 comes into effect immediately, instead of after the usual 6 month delay, and will form part of a consolidated version of BS 7671 following the next major amendment, expected in 2022<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[Text Wrapping Break]<span data-contrast=\"none\">Dan Palmer,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ssociate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">irector of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ommittees at BSI<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that the update would\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">make the installation of electric charging points quicker, easier and less costly.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">It will help to make electric charging common-sight on UK streets and fuel the growth of the electric car usage. The UK is leading the electric revolution<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2026<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0by committing to 50% of new car sales to be ultra-low emission by 2030.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mark Coles,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ead of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">echnical\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">egulations at the IET,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">added:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f\u201cBy producing Amendment as a stand-alone, free-to-view document, this updated Section 722 will reach industry much quicker than a full, consolidated amendment would allow, enabling installers to take advantage of BS 7671:2018+A1:2020 as soon as possible.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amendment 1\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">now available as a free-t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">o-view PDF at theiet.org\/updates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u202fThe IET and BSI\u00a0has\u00a0released Amendment 1 to BS 7671:2018 (18th\u202fEdition IET Wiring Regulations), which enables a more practical solution for Electric Vehicle Charging Installations. This will help support the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the country.\u00a0 Containing the updated Section 722 (Electric Vehicle Charging Installations), Amendment 1 comes into effect immediately, instead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1055],"class_list":["post-14928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-featured","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14929,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14928\/revisions\/14929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}