Free PAT Testing Record Template (UK) — PDF & Excel
Appliance register, results, and risk-based retest dates — built around the IET Code of Practice, not the 'test everything annually' myth.
There is no law that says “PAT test annually” — the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require systems to be maintained to prevent danger, and the IET Code of Practice sets risk-based inspection intervals. This record implements exactly that: a register, results, and a next-due date you choose per appliance.
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Free for use within your organisation. No sign-up required.
How to use it
- Register every portable appliance with an ID sticker; note its class (I or II).
- Set intervals by risk: a kettle in a busy kitchen needs attention far more often than a monitor on a desk.
- Failed items go on the quarantine sheet — repaired or scrapped, never quietly returned.
The legal detail (and the annual-testing myth, debunked): PAT testing records — what UK law actually requires.
Sources
HSEHSE — PAT testing FAQslegislation.gov.ukElectricity at Work Regulations 1989