Electric box question - am I right or is the landlord?

[DoxRa]

Hello,

I'm having a bit of a dispute with my mother's landlord and I may be wrong as I work in social housing rather than the private sector but the landlord has never given my mum an electrical service and I thought it had to be done by the 2nd April 2021 under the new legislation so I've gone into the cupboard to find the box and this is it, I was under the impression these sort of boxes were meant to be changed quite awhile ago into those trip boxes (not actual terminology I know but I hope you know what I mean), as well as my mum having polystyrene ceiling this just feels like a risk BUT I am willing to be told I'm wrong.

Thank you

The inspection was needed by April, you're right. The inspection would say whether something either a) was up to latest regs b) wasn't up to latest regs or c) was unsafe and needed immediate attention.

Definitely needs replacement. My husband rents out his flat from before we were married and we’ve had the first inspection since the lockdowns. We’ve been advised the fuse box needs replaced.

www.nrla.org.uk/resources/looking-after-your-property/electrical-safety-inspections
Ask for a copy of the electrical certificate, which he should have given her. If you don’t get anywhere ask the local authority to check he has one…

That's a wylex consumer unit and won't have rcd protection. I'd imagine that an eicr would definitely recommend that be changed. Previous posters have some ideas about how you chase that up

We had one of those in 2002 and our inspection then said I needed changing due to a lack of an RCD. The electrician said on the 30 amp circuit it could take a surge of 200 amp to blow the fuse ...ouch. We changed in straight away

I wonder if your mums local council run a landlord registration service and whether he is on it? Council's tend to take dodgy landlords seriously these days, so maybe it's one last request to him to provide the EICR (electric inspection cert) and if it isn't forthcoming, query the tenancy with the council. This may not do much to keep your mum in the property in the long term....