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The Guarantee Scheme is an automatic guarantee given by ECA that covers all members鈥� work up to a value of 拢50 000, or 拢100 000 for multiple contracts for the same customer, in any calendar year.

There is no need to issue any documentation for it to be effective.

The fundamental difference is that the warranty is an insurance product which in order to be valid has to be signed by the Electrical Contractors鈥� Insurance Company (ECIC), the insurer, the member and its customer. This often does not happen.

ECA chief executive David Pollock said: 鈥淭his is a situation that ECA has been trying to achieve for a number of years and I鈥檓 delighted that we can now claim that all our members鈥� work up to a value of 拢50 000 is automatically guaranteed.

鈥淎s with all guarantees, there are certain conditions to be met, which are essentially a matter of good practice.鈥�

While the warranty will be discontinued, the ECA Bond will continue as before.

The guarantee meets the requirements of Part P and Trustmark, and its terms and conditions will be available on the ECA website as a download which can be handed to customers.