Am I missing some thing, where does it say what is a pass or fail, it says there must be a report, but nothing about what is permitted?
It doesn't, but the same is true of the 2020 English legislation, which you regard as clearer. In the case of England, one only sees anything said about that in the associated 'guidance document' (which is not 'law') and I wonder if such a guidance document may also exist for Wales?
But it does not actually say it must comply with the electrical safety standards. Only that it must be tested.
It seems very odd, and seems to be very much 'watered-down' in comparison with the English legislation (at first sight, seemingly to the extent of being pointless/worthless!!). As you say, it requires only that an electrical inspection must be done and a copy of the report given to the tenant (seemingly regardless of what it says), with no mention of any need for remedial work being required. As far as I can see, on the basis of what these Regulations say, a landlord would be fully compliant if he/she handed the tenant a reports "full of CIs"!
Although these regulations define "electrical safety standards" (in relation to Amendment 2 {2022} of BS7671:2018), I have not yet found any reference to this in the text of the Regulations - so, as you say, there seems to be no requirement to satisfy any "electrical safety standards".
It's also interesting that these Regulations talking throughout about an "electrical condition report", whereas the 'guidance document' we have been looking at talks exclusively about "PIT" (Periodic Inspection and Testing).
Unless I'm missing something, these Regulations for Wales appear to be useless, and (unlike the situation in England) not any potential burden on landlords beyond the need to pay for inspections (regardless of what the reports say) from time to time. However, that seems so daft that I must surely be missing something?
Kind Regards, John
