We are very happy to be able to confirm that the PAT Service re-started as expected in September 2021, after an extended period of being unable to conduct the relevant tests.
The table below shows the record of when the scheduled tests for the 2021/22 PAT programme are likely to happen. Please can you check the dates for your hall and make sure that your PAT contact info is correct, so that the volunteer testers can contact you and arrange specific dates to conduct the tests.
A number of halls have contacted us because they are concerned about having a gap of well over a year (nearly two years in some cases, depending on where they are in the general PAT schedule) in the testing process, and we absolutely understand our members’ concerns. It is worth, however, noting that it is a myth that all portable electrical appliances in a ‘low-risk’ environment (e.g. offices and village halls, etc.) legally need to have a portable appliance test (PAT) every year. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that any electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is maintained in a safe condition (in order to prevent danger). The Regulations, however, do not specify what needs to be done, by whom or how frequently (they don’t make inspection or testing of electrical appliances a legal requirement, nor do they make it a legal requirement to undertake this annually). However, that said, it is both sensible and good practice to have your equipment tested every year to make sure safety standards are as good as they can be and that any risk to the hall and to any of its users is minimised.
The real issue comes in terms of queries you may receive from your insurers – some of whom prefer testing to be carried out annually. Should you have any questions from your insurers, all you should need to state is that your usual annual testing has been delayed as a result of restrictions due to COVID and that you expect your next test to be carried out around the dates stated in the spreadsheet below (assuming you have already registered with us, of course). Your insurers will probably need to know the date that the equipment was previously tested (you can find that information on the relevant ‘Completed Tests’ pages on this website) that you maintain records/certificates, that you confirm that any delay is purely due to restraints caused by the Covid-19 situation, and that you will inform them as soon as the latest test has been carried out (should they require you to do so).
There is a publication from the government that sets out all the conditions/legal requirements in the link below:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg236.pdf (Maintaining Portable Electric Equipment in Low Risk Environments)
In the meantime, please email Sarah if you have any queries.
Tester | Date | First Name | Last Name | Village Hall Name |
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Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Bill | Grigg | Acomb Village Hall |
Ray Hamilton | Jan/Feb 2022 | Catherine | Stirling-Hill | Allendale Village Hall and Rec Ground |
Ray Hamilton | Jan/Feb 2022 | Annie | Evans | Allenheads Trust Ltd |
Angela & David Watson/Roly Taylor | Jan/Feb 2022 | Tim | Reed | Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall |
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Michelle | Nixon | Barrasford Village Hall |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Joanne | Roberts | Bellingham Town Hall |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Bellingham YEC | ||
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Dean | Rowell | Birtley Village Hall |
Ray Hamilton | Jan/Feb 2022 | Margaret | Bowers | Blanchland Village Hall |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | Joan | Oliver | Byrness Village Hall |
Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Annie | Potter | Catton & Allendale Chapels |
Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Chris | Bulman | Catton Village Hall |
Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Elizabeth | McCoull | Chollerton & Gunnerton Churches |
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Neil | Bates | Colwell Village Hall |
Denis Peel | Nov/Dec 2021 | Mandy | Senior | Corbridge Parish Hall |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | Richard | Virden | Corsenside Parish Hall |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Jessica | Turner | Falstone Village Hall |
Melvyn Whatmough/Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Judith | Humphries | Featherstone Village Hall |
Melvyn Whatmough/Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Clare | Hawkins | Gilsland Village Hall |
Philip Hinchcliffe | Mar/Apr 2022 | John | Roberts | Great Whittington Village Hall |
Melvyn Whatmough/Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Mike | Wood | Greenhead Village Hall |
Angela & David Watson/Roly Taylor | Jan/Feb 2022 | Maxine | Wilson | Haltwhistle Swimming and Leisure Centre |
Angela & David Watson/Roly Taylor | Jan/Feb 2022 | Valerie | Bell | Haydon Bridge Community Association |
David Blackett | May/Jun 2022 | Aileen | Rand | Heddon on the Wall WI |
David Blackett | May/Jun 2022 | Mike | Laker | Heddon Village Knott Memorial Hall |
Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Robert | Philipson | High Forest Community Association |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Elizabeth | Bramwell | Horsley WI / Village Hall |
Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Diana | Linnett | Humshaugh Village Hall |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | Jill | Bungay | Kirkwhelpington Memorial Hall |
Melvyn Whatmough/Shaun Storey | Sep/Oct 2021 | Paul | Staley | Knarsdale with Kirkhaugh Community Hall |
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Jean | Conteh | Matfen Village Hall |
David Blackett | May/Jun 2022 | Carl | Rawlings | Merton Hall - Ponteland |
All Available | Jun/Jul 2022 | Geoffrey | Bockett | Minsteracres Retreat Centre |
Angela & David Watson/Roly Taylor | Jan/Feb 2022 | David | Spearman | Newbrough Town Hall |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | Chris | Keay | Otterburn Memorial Hall and Institute |
Chris Lindsay | May/Jun 2022 | Chris | Lindsay | Ovingham Reading Room |
David Blackett | May/Jun 2022 | Shauna | Kelly | Ponteland Memorial Hall |
Mike Feeney | May/Jun 2022 | Daniel | Freyhan | Prudhoe Parish Hall, St Mary Magdalene PCC |
Denis Peel | Mar/Apr 2022 | Judith | Wilthew | Riding Mill (Parish Hall) |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | David | Pentney | Rochester Village Hall |
David Pentney | Nov/Dec 2021 | Helen | Hill | RTC Sports and Leisure Centre (Otterburn) |
All Available | Jun/Jul 2022 | Philip | Davies | Shepherd's Dene Retreat House (Riding Mill) |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Sandra | Robson | Simonburn Village Hall |
Ray Hamilton | Jan/Feb 2022 | Pat | Wilson | Slaley Commemoration Hall |
Mike Feeney | May/Jun 2022 | Gail | Jewitt | Spetchells Centre - Prudhoe |
Ray Hamilton | Jan/Feb 2022 | Hazel | Cheel | St Johns Church Hall, Snods Edge |
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | St. Mary's Church Stamfordham | ||
Denis Peel | Mar/Apr 2022 | St. Oswin's Wylam | ||
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Stamfordham URC | ||
Sally Danys & Paul Denis | Mar/Apr 2022 | Edward | Trevelyan | Stamfordham Village Hall & Pavilion |
Dave Mitchelson | May/Jun 2022 | Beth | Gascoigne | Stocksfield Community Association |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Ralph | Braund | Tarset Village Hall |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Office | Administrator | The Hearth Centre, Horsley |
Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Julie | Gibbon | The Old Booking Hall, Haltwhistle Station (TVRCP) |
Chris Lindsay | May/Jun 2022 | Marion | Brown | The Old School, Ovingham |
Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Roly | Taylor | Wall Village Hall |
Tim Bird | Nov/Dec 2021 | Vicky | Herod | Wark Town Hall and Mechanics Institute |
David Blackett | May/Jun 2022 | Jamie | Thompson | Whalton Village Hall |
John Henderson | Jan/Feb 2022 | John | Henderson | Whitley Chapel Parish Hall Charitable Trust |
Denis Peel | Mar/Apr 2022 | Fiona | Oomes | Wylam Institute |
Denis Peel | Mar/Apr 2022 | Wylam Methodist Church | ||
Roly Taylor | Sep/Oct 2021 | Ayesha | Jackson | Young and Sweet |