landlord electrical certificate 1 or 5 years??

[Tigger13]

Hello.

I am renting my 4bed detached bed house out from next wk, it is about 9years old (don't have original electrical cert)my fil is elicky adn says we only need a 1 yr certificate, but i think is should be a 5year one, which seems to be the standard, house will be let (hopefully) for next 5 years at least so needs to be sorted properly.

any one know why it would only be a 1 year one???

[LIZS]

Electricity one doesn't normally have a limit. Gas is annual but electricity lasts longer - we only had ours done once in 4 years.