Niceic Emergency lighting completion certificate

Form 1

Emergency lighting completion certificate guidance for approved contractors and conforming bodies.

The RED NICEIC Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form 1) is an accountable document and unused forms should be kept in a safe place by the Qualified Supervisor. A record of each form used should be made on the record sheet provided with these forms. Unused sets of obsolete NICEIC forms must be destroyed to prevent their misuse.

Only the NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body responsible for the construction of the emergency lighting installation (or, in the case of verification of an existing installation, checking the relevant construction aspects) is authorized to issue the RED NICEIC ‘Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate’.

An NICEIC Approved Contractor having a UKAS enrolment certificate is not authorized to issue NICEIC certificates or forms relating to work in potentially explosive atmospheres (hazardous areas) unless NICEIC has granted the relevant extension to the scope of that contractor’s enrolment.
The Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate should be accompanied by Form 2 — Emergency Lighting

Design Declaration, Form 3 — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

General
The Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate is to be issued for the initial certification of a new emergency lighting installation, or for new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation, carried out in accordance with BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Parts 1: 2005, 7: 1999 and 8: 2004 or used to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard), complies with the above parts.

The Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate is not to be used for a periodic inspection of an existing emergency lighting installation, for which an Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be used.

It is the responsibility of the Approved Contractor issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate to collect together Forms 2, 3 and 4, the Photometric design data, Log book and Other Essential Related Reference Documents for issue with the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate.

The Approved Contractor is also responsible for ensuring that, when distributing Forms 2 and 4 for completion by the relevant organizations for completing them, a copy of the associated guidance notes for Approved Contractors and Conforming Bodies is also provided.

The Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate marked ‘Original’ is to be issued to one of the following persons (as applicable):

• The Responsible Person or Competent Person acting on their behalf (as required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992, and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (in England and Wales)) or

• The Employer or Other Persons who have control over the premises to any extent and any person who through contract or tenancy has obligations in respect of maintenance or safety (as required by (the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005)) or

• The Employer or Nominated Employee who has special responsibility for fire safety (as required by the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000).

The certificate marked ‘Duplicate’ is to be retained by the Approved Contractor along with the duplicates of Forms 2, 3, and 4 for record purposes and made available for review by NICEIC.

The electrical installation work associated with a new emergency lighting installation, or an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation, to which this certificate relates must be certified by a separate Electrical Installation Certificate (or a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate as appropriate) in accordance with BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical installations (Section 631 refers). Certificate serial numbers should be recorded on Form 1 by the Approved Contractor issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate.

Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate
Completing the Certificate
All un-shaded data-entry boxes must be completed by inserting the information required.

Details of the Client
The client’s name and address is to be fully recorded.
Details of the Installation

The address of the installation and the extent of the installation covered by the certificate must be recorded, fully identifying the extent of the emergency lighting installation work to which the certificate relates. Where the certificate is used for verification of an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard), this should be recorded by placing a tick in the separate box provided, and ‘N/A’ should be inserted in the three boxes; ‘New’, ‘An addition’ and ‘An alteration’.

Details of the Approved Contractor responsible for issuing the Certificate
The NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate must identify their Trading name, address and postcode, together with the NICEIC enrolment number (and where appropriate the branch number).

Declaration of Conformity
The person accepting the certificate must complete this section to accept the declarations of conformity, and sign to declare the emergency lighting installation complies with the listed standards on the certificate. In England and Wales this will be the Responsible Person or Competent Person acting on their behalf, as required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. In Scotland this will be the Employer or Other Persons who have control of the premises to any extent, and any Person who through contract or tenancy has obligations in respect of maintenance or safety, as required by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005. In Northern Ireland this will be the Employer or Nominated Employee having special responsibilities for fire safety, as required by the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

Details of Deviations from the Standard
Where deviations from BS 5266-1: 2005, have been sanctioned by the person responsible for the

design and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, details of these deviations relating to the design, construction and verification should be stated on Forms 2, 3 and 4 respectively, and also recorded on the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (by the issuing Approved Contractor) in this section. Where no deviations have been sanctioned, the boxes must be completed by entering ‘None’.

Validity Review and Essential Related Reference Documents
It is the responsibility of the Approved Contractor issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate to confirm that all of the documents and information relating to the emergency lighting system are listed in this section, and have been included with this certificate. The name, signature and date must be provided by the Approved Contractor (confirming the above) in the boxes provided. The name, signature and date of the qualified supervisor (who has the responsibility of reviewing the certificate) must also be recorded.

Where the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate relates to a major alteration to an existing emergency lighting installation, it must be accompanied by an Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate, in which case the certificate serial number must be recorded in the box provided in this section. The unique identifying number(s) of all design schedules must be recorded in the box provided. Record documents with photometric design data and/or design calculations must also be identified by recording their reference numbers in the box provided.
Where other documents are required by the Client, or have otherwise been provided, these may be identified in the box provided (Other documents, if any), or by reference out to a separate attached page.

Next Inspection
The date of the next inspection must be agreed by the designer and the person identified in section Dl and entered in section G1.

Form 2 - Emergency lighting design declaration guidance for approved contractors and conforming bodies
The declaration (Form 2) should be accompanied by Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate, Form 3 — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration, and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

General
Approved Contractors undertaking the design of an emergency lighting system must have access to the principal technical reference documents relating to emergency lighting systems, and correctly and consistently apply the design principles set out in those documents.

The principal technical reference documents for premises include:
• BS 5266: Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises

• BS EN 1838: 1999 / BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications. Emergency lighting

• BS EN 50172: 2004 / BS5266-8: 2004 Part 8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems

• BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations

• The Building Regulations Approved Document B 2000 Edition (England and Wales)

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (England and Wales) 1989

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

• The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004

• The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

The Emergency Lighting Design Declaration (Form 2) is to be issued to confirm that a new emergency lighting installation, or new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation, has been designed in accordance with BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Parts 1: 2005, 7: 1999 and 8: 2004 or to verify that an existing installation design (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standards.

The Emergency Lighting Design Declaration (Form 2) marked ‘Original’ is to be issued by the Approved Contractor responsible for issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form 1) to the person ordering the work. The declaration marked ‘Duplicate’ is to be retained by the Approved Contractor for record purposes and made available for review by NICEIC.

Completing the Declaration
A un-shaded data-entry boxes must be completed by inserting the information required.

Form 2 — Emergency Lighting Design Declaration

Details of the Client

The client’s name and address is to be fully recorded.

Details of the Emergency Lighting Installation

The address of the installation and the extent of the installation covered by the declaration must be recorded, fully identifying the extent of the emergency lighting installation work to which the declaration relates. Where the declaration is used for verification purposes this should be recorded by placing a tick (/) in the box provided, and ‘N/A’ should be inserted in the three boxes; ‘New’, ‘An addition’ and ‘An alteration’.

Particulars of the Organization Responsible for the Design of the Emergency Lighting Installation

Completion of this section will identify to the recipients the organization responsible for the design or verification work declared by their representative. The organization, address and postcode must be given.

Design Conformity Declaration
The organization responsible for design must complete the check list in this section. The requirements of each itemized clause of BS 5266 -1: 2005 are identified with the prefix ‘D’ for design. A tick (/) must be placed in the ‘Yes’,

‘No’, or ‘N/A’ box to indicate whether or not the system conforms to the particular requirement or whether the requirement is not applicable to the particular installation. Details of Deviations from the Code of Practice

(BS 5266: Part 1:2005)
Where deviations from the design requirements of BS 5266 -1: 2005 have been sanctioned by the persons responsible for design and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, details of these deviations should be stated on this declaration (Form 2), and also be recorded on the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (by the issuing contractor) in section El of Form 1. Where no deviations have been sanctioned, the boxes must be completed by entering ‘None’.

Design
The name and signature of the person responsible for the design of the emergency lighting installation, together with the date of signing, must be inserted in the space provided.

Form 3 (Red) - Emergency lighting construction declaration guidance for approved contractors and conforming bodies
The RED NICEIC Form 3 is an accountable document and unused forms should be kept in a safe place by the Qualified Supervisor. A record of each form used should be made on the record sheet provided with these forms. Unused sets of obsolete NICEIC forms must be destroyed to prevent their misuse.

Only the NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body responsible for the construction of the emergency lighting installation (or in the case of verification of an existing installation, checking the relevant construction aspects) is authorized to issue the RED NICEIC ‘Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration’.

An NICEIC Approved Contractor having a UKAS enrolment certificate is not authorized to issue NICEIC certificates or forms relating to work in potentially explosive atmospheres (hazardous areas) unless NICEIC has granted the relevant extension to the scope of that contractor’s enrolment.

The declaration (Form 3) should be accompanied by three additional Forms: Form 1 — Emergency Lighting

Completion Certificate, Form 2 — Emergency Lighting Design Declaration, and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting

Verification Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

General
The Notes for Recipient on the certificate make it clear that although Approved Contractors have been assessed by NICEIC as having the technical capability to carry out electrical work in compliance with BS 7671, the scope of that electrical safety standard does not extend to the operational performance of electrical installations, including those associated with emergency lighting systems. The notes further advise recipients that, consequently, NICEIC is unable to investigate complaints about the operational performance of emergency lighting systems. However, Approved Contractors offering to design, install, alter, maintain, or inspect and test emergency lighting systems have a duty in law to ensure that all their supervisors and operatives given responsibility for such work are competent. This includes having a full understanding of all the technical and operational requirements relating to emergency lighting systems.

Approved Contractors undertaking the construction aspects of the emergency lighting system must have access to the principal technical reference documents relating to emergency lighting systems, and the correct and consistent application of the principles relating to the construction aspects of work set out in those documents.

The principal technical reference documents for premises include:
• BS 5266: Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises

• BS EN 1838: 1999 / BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications. Emergency lighting

• BS EN 50172: 2004 / BS5266-8: 2004 Part 8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems

• BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations

• The Building Regulations Approved Document B 2000 Edition (England and Wales)

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (England and Wales) 1989

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

• The Building (Scotland) Act 2003

• The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

The Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration (Form 3) is to be issued to confirm that a new emergency lighting installation, or new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation, has been constructed in accordance with BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Parts 1: 2005, 7: 1999 and 8: 2004. It may also be used to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard), complies with the current standards. It is not to be used for a periodic inspection of an existing emergency lighting installation, for which an Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be used.

The Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration (Form 3) marked ‘Original’ is to be issued, by the Approved Contractor responsible for issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form 1), to the person ordering the work. The declaration marked ‘Duplicate’ is to be retained by the Approved Contractor for record purposes, and made available for review by NICEIC.

The electrical installation work associated with a new emergency lighting installation or an alteration or addition to an existing installation to which the declaration relates must be certified by a separate Electrical Installation Certificate or a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate as appropriate, in accordance with BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical installations (Section 631 refers). Certificate serial numbers should be recorded on the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form1).

Completing the Declaration
lf un-shaded data-entry boxes must be completed by inserting the information required.

Form 3 (red) — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration
Details of the Emergency Lighting Installation
The address of the installation and the extent of the installation covered by the declaration must be recorded, fully identifying the extent of the emergency lighting installation work to which the declaration relates. Where the declaration is used for verification purposes this should be recorded in the separate box provided, and ‘N/A’ should be inserted in the three boxes; ‘New’, ‘An addition’ and ‘An alteration’.

Details of the Approved Contractor responsible for the construction of the Emergency Lighting

Installation
Completion of the details of the NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body responsible for the construction of the Emergency Lighting Installation will identify to the recipients the organization responsible for the construction work declared by their representative. The organization, address and postcode must be given, together with the NICEIC Enrolment Number (and where appropriate the Branch Number).

Construction Conformity Declaration
The Approved Contractor responsible for construction must complete the ‘Declaration of Conformity’ check list. The requirements of each itemized clause of BS 5266-1: 2005 are identified with the prefix ‘C’ for construction. A tick (/) must be placed in the ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘N/A’ box to indicate whether or not the system conforms to the particular requirement, or whether the requirement is not applicable to the particular installation.

Details of Deviations from the Code of Practice (BS 5266: Part 1: 2005)
Where deviations from BS 5266 -1: 2005, have been sanctioned by the person responsible for construction, and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises details of these deviations relating to the construction are to be recorded on the declaration (Form 3), and also recorded on the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate in section El. Where no deviations have been sanctioned, the boxes must be completed by entering ‘None’.

Construction
The name and signature of the person responsible for the construction of the emergency lighting installation, together with the date of signing must be inserted in the space provided. Additionally the name, date of signing and signature of the Qualified Supervisor (who has the responsibility of reviewing the declaration) must also be recorded.

Form 4- Emergency lighting verification declaration guidance for approved contractors and conforming bodies
The declaration (Form 4) should be accompanied by Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate, Form 2 — Emergency Lighting Design Declaration, and Form 3 — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.
General
Approved Contractors undertaking the verification of an emergency lighting system must have access to the principal technical reference documents relating to emergency lighting systems, and correctly and consistently apply the verification principles set out in those documents.

The principal technical reference documents for premises include:
• BS 5266: Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises

• BS EN 1838: 1999 / BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications. Emergency lighting

• BS EN 50172: 2004 / BS5266-8: 2004 Part 8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems

• BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations

• The Building Regulations Approved Document B 2000 Edition (England and Wales)

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (England and Wales) 1989

• The Electricity at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

• The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004

• The Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

The Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration (Form 4) is to be issued to confirm that a new emergency lighting installation, or new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation, has been verified in accordance with BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Parts 1:2005,7:1999 and 8:2004 or to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standards.

The Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration (Form 4) marked ‘Original is to be issued by the Approved Contractor responsible for issuing the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form 1) to the person ordering the work. The declaration marked ‘Duplicate’ is to be retained by the Approved Contractor for record purposes and made available for review by NICEIC.

Completing the Declaration
All relevant un-shaded data-entry boxes must be completed by inserting the information required.

Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration

Details of the Client
The client’s name and address is to be fully recorded.

Details of the Emergency Lighting Installation

The address of the installation and the extent of the installation covered by the declaration must be recorded, fully identifying the extent of the emergency lighting installation work to which the declaration relates. Where the declaration is used for the verification of an existing installation this should be recorded in the separate box provided, and ‘N/A’ should be inserted in the three boxes; ‘New’, ‘An addition’ and ‘An alteration’.

Details of the Organization Responsible for the Verification of the Emergency Lighting Installation

Completion of the Particulars of the Organization Responsible for the Verification of the Emergency Lighting Installation will identify to the recipients the organization responsible for the verification work declared by their representative. The organization, address and postcode must be given.

Verification Conformity Declaration
The organization responsible for verification must complete the ‘Declaration of Conformity’ check list. The requirements of each itemized clause of BS 5266: Part 1: 2005 are identified with the prefix ‘V’ for verification. A tick (/) must be placed in the ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘N/A’ box to indicate whether or not the system conforms to the particular requirement, or whether the requirement is not applicable to the particular installation.

Test Instruments Used
Where verification of the required illumination (Requirement V8) is undertaken by measurement the model and serial number of the test instrument(s) used should be recorded in the boxes provided. Where other methods have been used the boxes must be completed by entering ‘None’.

Details of Deviations from the Code of Practice (BS 5266: Part 1: 2005)
Where deviations from the requirements of BS 5266-1: 2005, have been sanctioned by the persons responsible for design and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises details of these deviations are to be recorded on the declaration (Form 4), and additionally on the Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (by the issuing contractor) in section El of Form 1. Where no deviations have been sanctioned, the boxes must be completed by entering ‘None’.

Verification
The name and signature of the person responsible for the verification of the emergency lighting installation, together with the date of signing must be inserted in the space provided.

This certificate (Form 1) should be accompanied by Form 2 — Emergency Lighting Design Declaration, Form 3 — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration, photometric data and an appropriate Log book. It should be read in conjunction and supported by the documents identified in Section Fl.

Only the NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body responsible for the construction of the emergency lighting installation (or, in the case of verification of an existing installation, checking the relevant construction aspects), is authorized to issue this NICEIC

Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate (Form 1). The certificate has a printed seven digit serial number which is traceable to the Approved Contractor to which NICEIC supplied the form.

You should have received Forms 1 2, 3 and 4 marked ‘Original’ and the Approved Contractor should have retained Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 marked ‘Duplicate’. Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 are valuable documents and should be retained for future reference for the purpose of providing evidence of properly maintaining the emergency lighting installation. If you were the person ordering the work, but not the user of the installation, you should pass Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4, including any essential related reference documents (detailed on the reverse of this page), immediately to the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises.

The absence of Forms 2, 3, cr4, or the absence of documentation relating to photometric data or Log book, would render this certificate (Form 1) invalid on issue. The three individual declarations for ‘Design’, ‘ Construction’ and ‘Verification’, Forms 2, 3 and 4, must be complete, and the photometric data and Log book must be issued with the certificate. Where declarations of any of the three elements of the work have not been made, or documentation relating to photometric data or Log book is not included, it is recommended that you do not sign section Dl of this certificate and question why those responsible for the particular element of the work have not issued declarations that are in accordance with the recommendations of BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8.

This certificate (Form 1) and the associated Forms 2, 3 and 4 are intended to be issued for a new emergency lighting installation or for new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation. They may also to be used to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standards. They should not have been issued for the periodic inspection and testing of an existing emergency lighting installation. An Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be issued for such a periodic inspection.

Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been issued to enable the Responsible Person or Competent Person acting on their behalf (as required by The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992, and the Regulatory reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales) or the Employer or Other Persons who have control over the premises to any extent and any person who through contract or tenancy has obligations in respect of maintenance or safety (as required by the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005) or the Employer or Nominated Employee who has special responsibility for fire safety (as required by the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001) and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000), to accept the certificate (Form 1) and sign to declare that the emergency lighting installation work to which it relates has been designed, constructed and verified in accordance with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Part 1:2005 Code of practice for the emergency

lighting of premises, BS EN 1838:
1999! BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications - Emergency lighting, and BS EN 50172: 2004! BS 5266-8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems.
The ‘Original’ Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 should be retained in a safe place and be shown to any person inspecting or undertaking further work on the emergency lighting installation in the future. If you later vacate the premises, the Forms will demonstrate to the new Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises that the emergency lighting installation complied with the requirements of BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8 and with BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations, at the time the certificate was issued. Form 2 Emergency Lighting Design Declaration, Form 3 Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration, and Form 4 Emergency Lighting Verification ,Declaration identify the organization(s) responsible for the provision of the system and the name and signature of the person issuing the conformity declaration.

The Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration (Form 4) provides an assurance that the installation work has been fully inspected and tested, and that the installation complies with the appropriate recommendations given in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8 (except for any deviations sanctioned by the person responsible for the design, and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, and recorded in the appropriate section on the reverse of this page and Forms 2, 3 and 4).

For safety reasons, the emergency lighting installation will need to be inspected and tested at appropriate intervals by a competent person. NICEIC Approved Contractors have been assessed as having the technical ability to carry out electrical work in compliance with the national electrical safety standard — British Standard 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. The scope of this standard includes electrical safety aspects of emergency lighting systems, but does not extend to the operational performance of such systems. Consequently, NICEIC is unable to investigate complaints about the operational performance of emergency lighting systems.

Should the person ordering the work e.g. the client, or the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises have reason to believe that the construction of the work for which the Approved Contractor has accepted responsibility (as indicated by the signature(s) on the declaration), does not comply with the requirements of the national safety standard (BS 7671) or the particular electrical safety aspects embodied in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8, the client should in the first instance raise the specific concerns in writing with the Approved Contractor. If the concerns remain unresolved, the client may make a formal complaint to NICEIC, for which purpose a standard complaint form is available on request. The complaints procedure offered by NICEIC is subject to certain terms and conditions, full details of which are available on request.

This declaration (Form 2), should be accompanied by Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate, Form 3 — Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

You should have received the declaration (Form 2) marked ‘Original’ and the Approved Contractor should have retained the declaration marked ‘Duplicate’. This declaration is a valuable document and should be accompanied by the original Forms 1, 3 and 4 and retained for future reference for the purpose of providing evidence of properly maintaining the emergency lighting installation. If you were the person ordering the work, but not the user of the installation, you should pass Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 immediately to the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises.

This declaration is intended to be issued for a new emergency lighting installation or for new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation that has been constructed by an NICEIC Approved Contractor. It may also be used to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standards (as detailed in the next paragraph). It should not have been issued for the periodic inspection and testing of an existing emergency lighting installation. An Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be issued for such a periodic inspection.

This declaration has been issued by the organization responsible for the Design of the emergency lighting installations, to confirm that it has been designed in accordance with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises, BS EN 1838: 1999 / BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications — Emergency lighting, and BS EN 50172: 2004 I BS 5266-8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems.

This declaration when used for verification purposes may indicate a number of deviations, which will be recorded in section E2 (by the person detailed in section F2). Some of these deviations may be a result of the limitations of verifying the original designer’s intentions.

The ‘Original’ Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 should be retained in a safe place and be shown to any person inspecting or undertaking further work on the emergency lighting installation in the future. If you later vacate the premises, this declaration will demonstrate to the new Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises that the design of the emergency lighting installation complied with the relevant recommendations of BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8.

This Emergency Lighting Design Declaration (Form 2) provides details of the client and the emergency lighting installation, and identifies the particulars of the organization responsible for the design of the installation (or verification of an existing installation installed to a previous standard), together with the name and signature of the person issuing the design declaration.

The design declaration for the emergency lighting installation provides an assurance that the installation design complies with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8 (except for any deviations sanctioned by the person responsible for the design and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, and recorded in the appropriate section on the reverse of this page and on Form 1.

This declaration (Form 3) should be accompanied by Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate, Form 2 — Emergency Lighting Design Declaration and Form 4 — Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

Only the NICEIC Approved Contractor or Conforming Body responsible for the construction of the emergency lighting installation (or, in the case of verification of an existing installation, checking for the relevant construction aspects) is authorized to issue this NICEIC Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration (Form 3). The declaration has a printed seven digit serial number which is traceable to the Approved Contractor to which NICEIC supplied the form.

You should have received the declaration (Form 3) marked ‘Original’ and the Approved Contractor should have retained the declaration marked ‘Duplicate’. This declaration is a valuable document and should be accompanied by the original Forms 1, 2 and 4 and be retained for future reference for the purpose of providing evidence of properly maintaining the emergency lighting installation. If you were the person ordering the work, but not the user of the installation, you should pass Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 immediately to the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises.

This declaration is intended to be issued only for a new emergency lighting installation or for new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation. It may also be used to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standards (as detailed in the next paragraph). It should not have been issued for the periodic inspection and testing of an existing emergency lighting installation. An Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be issued for such a periodic inspection.

This declaration has been issued by the Approved Contractor responsible for the construction to confirm that the emergency lighting has been constructed in accordance with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises, BS EN 1838: 1999 / BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications - Emergency lighting, and BS EN 50172: 2004 / BS 5266-8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems.

This declaration when used for verification purposes (in the case of an existing installation installed to previous standards) may indicate a number of deviations which will be recorded in section E3 (by the person detailed in section F3). Some of these deviations may be a result of the limitations of verifying the original designer’s intentions.

The ‘Original’ Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 should be retained in a safe place and be shown to any person inspecting or undertaking further work on the emergency lighting installation in the future. If you later vacate the premises, this declaration will demonstrate to the new Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises that the construction of emergency lighting installation complied with the relevant recommendations of BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8.

This Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration (Form 3) provides details of the client and the emergency lighting installation, and identifies the particulars of the Approved Contractor responsible for the construction of the system (or the verification of an existing installation installed to a previous standard), together with the name(s) and signature(s) of the person(s) issuing the conformity declaration.

The construction declaration for the emergency lighting installation provides an assurance that the construction complies with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8 (except for any deviations sanctioned by the person responsible for the design, and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, and recorded in the appropriate section on the reverse of this page and on Form 1.

NICEIC Approved Contractors have been assessed as having the technical capability to carry out electrical work in compliance with the national electrical safety standard - British Standard 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations. The scope of this standard includes electrical safety aspects of emergency lighting systems, but does not extend to the operational performance of such systems. Consequently, NICEIC is unable to investigate complaints about the operational performance of emergency lighting systems.

Should the person ordering the work e.g. the client, or the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises have reason to believe that the construction of the work for which the Approved Contractor has accepted responsibility (as indicated by the signature(s) on this declaration), does not comply with the requirements of the national electrical safety standard (BS 7671) or the particular electrical safety aspects embodied in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8, the client should in the first instance raise the specific concerns in writing with the Approved Contractor. If the concerns remain unresolved, the client may make a formal complaint to NICEIC, for which purpose a standard complaint form is available on request.

The complaints procedure offered by NICEIC is subject to certain terms and conditions, full details of which are available on request.

This declaration (Form 4) should be accompanied by Form 1 — Emergency Lighting Completion Certificate, Form 2— Emergency Lighting Design Declaration and Form 3— Emergency Lighting Construction Declaration, without these forms it is not valid.

You should have received the declaration (Form 4) marked ‘Original’ and the Approved Contractor should have retained the declaration marked ‘Duplicate’. This declaration is a valuable document and should be accompanied by the original Forms 1, 2 and 3 and retained for future reference for the purpose of providing evidence of properly maintaining the emergency lighting installation. If you were the person ordering the work, but not the user of the installation, you should pass Forms 1,2,3 and 4 immediately to the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises.

This declaration is intended to be issued only for a new emergency lighting installation or for new work associated with an alteration or addition to an existing emergency lighting installation. It may also be issued to verify that an existing installation (installed to a previous edition of the standard) complies with the current standard (as detailed in the next paragraph). It should not have been issued for the periodic inspection and testing of an existing emergency lighting installation. An Emergency Lighting Periodic Inspection and Testing Certificate should be issued for such a periodic inspection.

This declaration has been issued by the organization responsible for the verification of the emergency lighting installation to confirm that it has been verified in accordance with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Part 1: 2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises, BS EN 1838: 1999/BS 5266-7: 1999 Lighting applications - Emergency lighting, and BS EN 50172: 2004/BS 5266-8: 2004 Emergency escape lighting systems.

This declaration when used for verification purposes (in the case of an existing installation installed to previous standards) may indicate a number of deviations which will be recorded in section F4 (by the person detailed in section G4). Some of these deviations may be a result of the limitations of verifying the original designer’s intentions.

The ‘Original’ Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4 should be retained in a safe place and be shown to any person inspecting or undertaking further work on the emergency lighting installation in the future. If you later vacate the premises, this declaration will demonstrate to the new Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, that the verification of the emergency lighting installation complied with the recommendations of BS 5266 Parts 1,7 and 8.

This Emergency Lighting Verification Declaration (Form 4) provides details of the client and the emergency lighting installation, and identifies the particulars of the organization responsible for the verification of the system, (or the verification of an existing installation installed to a previous standard) with the name and signature of the person issuing the verification declaration.

The verification declaration for the emergency lighting installation provides an assurance that the installation complies with the relevant recommendations given in BS 5266 Parts 1, 7 and 8 (except for any deviations sanctioned by the person responsible for the design, and agreed by the Responsible Person or Competent Person (England and Wales), Employer or Other Persons (Scotland) or the Employer or Nominated Employee (Northern Ireland) for the premises, and recorded in the appropriate section on the reverse of this page and on Form 1.