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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2008 No. 170

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made

10th April 2008

Coming into operation

30th June 2008

CONTENTS

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  1. PART 1

    INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Prospective buyer or tenant

  2. PART 2

    DUTIES TO PRODUCE ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

    1. 4. Application of Part 2

    2. 5. Energy performance certificates on sale and rent

    3. 6. Energy performance certificates on construction

    4. 7. Recommendation reports

    5. 8. Energy performance certificates

    6. 9. Production of copies of energy performance certificates

    7. 10. Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

  3. PART 3

    DISPLAY ENERGY CERTIFICATES

    1. 11. Duties relating to display energy certificates and advisory reports

    2. 12. Display energy certificates

    3. 13. First occupier or change of occupier

  4. PART 4

    INSPECTION OF AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

    1. 14. Application of Part 4

    2. 15. Inspection of air-conditioning systems

    3. 16. Inspection reports

    4. 17. Keeping of records etc.

    5. 18. Changes of relevant person

  5. PART 5

    ENERGY ASSESSORS

    1. 19. Accreditation schemes

    2. 20. Related party disclosures

    3. 21. Duty of care

    4. 22. Right to copy documents

    5. 23. Meaning of energy assessment

  6. PART 6

    REGISTER OF DOCUMENTS

    1. 24. Interpretation of Part 6

    2. 25. Registration of certificates etc.

    3. 26. Disclosures generally

    4. 27. Disclosures with reference number

    5. 28. Disclosures to approved accreditation schemes

    6. 29. Disclosures to enforcement authorities

    7. 30. Disclosures to the Department

  7. PART 7

    ENFORCEMENT

    1. 31. Enforcement authorities

    2. 32. Power to require production of documents

    3. 33. Penalty charge notices

    4. 34. Defence where an energy performance certificate is unobtainable

    5. 35. Penalty amount

    6. 36. Reviews

    7. 37. Appeals to the county court

    8. 38. Recovery of penalty charges

    9. 39. Service of documents

    10. 40. Offences relating to enforcement officers

  8. PART 8

    MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 41. Application to the Crown

    2. 42. Duty to cooperate

    3. 43. Amendments to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

    1. SCHEDULE

      Commencement

Go to Explanatory Note

The Department of Finance and Personnel, being a Department 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 and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations.

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