EV charging
What an EICR does and does not say about an EV charger
An EV charger does not by itself assign a code. The inspection looks at the fixed installation it is connected to. The report does not automatically certify that the charger, or the work that installed it, meets a product or installation standard.
Updated 27 October 2026. General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Where the inspection starts and stops
Fixed installation
If the equipment is part of, or connected to, the fixed installation, say so. A loose adapter in a socket is not the same thing.
Dedicated circuit
Tell the inspector which circuit feeds the charger, and whether that circuit is labelled. A label is not a code.
Protection
The report records the protective device that is there. The electrician assesses the protection installed and records the findings for that installation.
Papers
An installation certificate or a minor-works certificate for the charger job is a different document from the condition report. Send both if you have them.
What it is not
Presence is not a failure. Presence is not one classification. The EICR is not a certificate that the charger installation is compliant.
Further investigation
If the circuit cannot be identified, the observation is about that limit. It is not a completed verdict on the charger.
A rented home and a workplace are not the same duty
| Premises | Duty this page will state | What it will not state |
|---|---|---|
| Specified tenancy | The private-rented inspection duty, where that tenancy exists | A rule that a charger creates the duty |
| Workplace car park or commercial premises | The workplace duty to prevent danger so far as is reasonably practicable | The private-rented five-year interval |
Use the duty that matches the premises
For a specified tenancy in England, arrange inspection and testing by a qualified person at least every five years, or by an earlier date stated in the report. Provide the required report before a new tenant moves in. Government guidance explains when an existing valid report can be used on re-letting; check its findings, next-inspection date and any changes to the installation rather than assuming that every new tenancy needs a new EICR.
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 are a workplace duty to prevent danger so far as is reasonably practicable. Use that sentence for a workplace, including a commercial car park. Do not paste the private-rented interval onto it because a charger is installed.
The condition report records the protective device that is fitted. It does not, on this page, state which device a charger must have. Say which circuit feeds the charger, whether that circuit is labelled, and whether there is a local isolator someone on site can operate. Send any installation certificate or minor-works certificate for the charger job with the enquiry. Those papers describe the work they cover. They do not turn the condition report into a charger certificate, and the charger does not turn a rented home into a workplace or a workplace into a specified tenancy.
A rented home starts on the landlord page. A commercial site starts on the commercial page.
Related pages
Inspect the installation, not the headline
A charger is not a code, and an EICR is not a charger certificate.
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