Petition · past parliament
Make Portable Appliance Testing Law to all Business owners and Landlords
Closed
35 signatures
What the petition asks
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is currently advised in the UK and covered by The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 where it puts the duty of care upon both the employer and the employee to ensure the safety of all persons using the work premises. This includes the self employed but is too ambiguous
Stats according to the Electrical Safety First Council:
•People receiving a mains voltage electric shock per year : 2.5 million
•Of whom received a serious injury: 350,000
Which? reported 12,000 fires are caused over a 3 year period by faulty or non complying imported electrical appliances. The appliances are a cheap design, produced abroad and being brought into the UK at a fraction of the official cost. If PAT testing was regulated by law we can reduce fires and deaths in the UK every day !
•People receiving a mains voltage electric shock per year : 2.5 million
•Of whom received a serious injury: 350,000
Which? reported 12,000 fires are caused over a 3 year period by faulty or non complying imported electrical appliances. The appliances are a cheap design, produced abroad and being brought into the UK at a fraction of the official cost. If PAT testing was regulated by law we can reduce fires and deaths in the UK every day !
Timeline
| 12 Oct 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Apr 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
35
Status
Closed
Opened
12 Oct 2015
Closed
12 Apr 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.