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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 991

building AND Buildings, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Made

23rd March 2007

Laid before Parliament

29th March 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    Introductory

    1. 1. Citation, application, extent and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Meaning of “prospective buyer or tenant”

  2. PART 2

    Duties relating to energy performance certificates

    1. 4. Application of Part 2

    2. 5. Energy performance certificates on sale and rent

    3. 6. Providing energy information with particulars

    4. 7. Buildings to be demolished

    5. 8. Amendments relating to energy performance certificates on construction

    6. 9. Construction of Crown and statutory undertakers’ buildings

    7. 10. Recommendation reports

    8. 11. Energy performance certificates

    9. 12. Production of copies of energy performance certificates

    10. 13. Electronic production of energy performance certificates

    11. 14. Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

  3. PART 3

    Display Energy Certificates

    1. 15. Interpretation of Part 3

    2. 16. Duties relating to display energy certificates and advisory reports

    3. 17. Display energy certificates

    4. 18. Changes in occupier etc

    5. 19. Advisory reports

  4. PART 4

    Inspection of air-conditioning systems

    1. 20. Application and interpretation of Part 4

    2. 21. Inspections of air-conditioning systems

    3. 22. Reports

    4. 23. Keeping of records etc

    5. 24. Changes of relevant person

  5. PART 5

    Energy Assessors

    1. 25. Accreditation schemes

    2. 26. Related party disclosures

    3. 27. Duty of care

    4. 28. Right to copy documents

    5. 29. Meaning of energy assessment

  6. PART 6

    Register of certificates, recommendation reports and advisory reports

    1. 30. Interpretation of Part 6

    2. 31. Registration of certificates etc

    3. 32. Fees for entering onto register

    4. 33. Disclosures generally

    5. 34. Disclosures with reference number

    6. 35. Disclosures to approved accreditation schemes

    7. 36. Disclosures to enforcement authorities

    8. 37. Disclosures to the Secretary of State

  7. PART 7

    Enforcement

    1. 38. Enforcement authorities

    2. 39. Power to require production of documents

    3. 40. Penalty charge notices

    4. 41. Penalties under Housing Act 2004

    5. 42. Defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable

    6. 43. Penalty amount

    7. 44. Reviews

    8. 45. Appeal to the county court

    9. 46. Recovery of penalty charges

    10. 47. Service of documents

    11. 48. Offences relating to enforcement officers

  8. PART 8

    Miscellaneous

    1. 49. Application to the Crown

    2. 50. Duty to cooperate

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Commencement

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Amendments relating to energy performance certificates on construction

Go to Explanatory Note

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the energy performance of buildings.

In accordance with section 14(3) of the Building Act 1984(3) she has consulted the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to her to be representative of the interests concerned.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1(1), 8(6), 35 and 47 of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 10 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(4).

(1)

S.I. 2004/3328. Back [1]

(3)

1984 c. 55. Back [3]

(4)

Section 1(1) was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22), section 1(1) and (2); section 47 was amended by section 8(2) of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (5) of that Act, there are other amendments to that paragraph but none is relevant; paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (7) of that Act. Back [4]