Scottish Statutory Instrument 2008 Scotland

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008

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What's here

13 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

1 of 13 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 4
  • Landlord 1
  • Trader 1
  • Occupier 1

Plus 6 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

Browse 25 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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The green deal information in respect of a green deal...

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The date on which the payment period starts and the...

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The amount payable under the green deal plan—

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The rate of interest charged under the green deal plan....

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A statement indicating whether the interest rate charged under the...

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Where, in accordance with regulation 33(b) of the Framework Regulations,...

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The estimated first year savings.

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Where the green deal property is a domestic property, a...

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Where the green deal property is a non-domestic property, a...

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In respect of each improvement installed at the green deal...

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A statement advising the person receiving the recommendations report—

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A statement— (a) indicating that improvements have been installed at...

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A statement indicating that— (a) the improvements installed under the...

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A statement indicating that further information is contained in the...

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Where the green deal provider knows or has reasonable cause...

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Where the green deal provider knows or has reasonable cause...

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A statement indicating— (a) that a green deal plan is...

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Where the green deal plan is a regulated consumer credit...

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Where the green deal plan is not a regulated consumer...

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A statement indicating that— (a) the outstanding credit under the...

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Where a term has been included in a green deal...

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The unique reference number assigned to the green deal plan....

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The name of the person who is the green deal...

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Assessment of energy performance

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must approve building energy calculation methods Crown / Minister / Government department
s.014

Disclosure of data

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Register keeper must disclose energy data to enforcement or legal authorities Statutory regulator
s.015

Enforcement authorities

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must enforce energy performance regulations Local authority
s.017

Penalty charge notices

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities may issue penalty notices for EPC failures Local authority
s.019

Reviews

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcement authority must review penalty charge notices upon request Local authority
s.022

Service of documents

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must follow specific rules when serving notices Local authority
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Advertisement for sale or let of a building or building unit

  • Include energy performance indicator in all property advertisements Trader
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Penalty charge notice for failure to comply with regulation 5A

  • Fail to comply with energy performance certificate (EPC) duties Any Person
s.recommendations report

Recommendations report

  • Ensure energy recommendations reports meet statutory content standards Any Person
Browse 48 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.001

Citation, commencement and extent

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Meaning of prospective buyer or prospective tenant

s.004

Application of Regulations

s.005

Energy performance certificates on sale or rent

s.005

Advertisement for sale or let of a building or building unit

s.006

Energy performance certificates

s.006

Recommendations report

s.007

Assessment of energy performance

s.008

Approved organisations

s.009

Display of energy performance certificates

s.010

Registration of certificates

s.010

Fees for entering data onto register

s.011

Disclosures generally

s.012

Disclosure of documents

s.012

Disclosure of data relating to a particular building or building unit

s.013

Disclosure of bulk access data

s.014

Disclosure of data

s.014

Disclosure of green deal information

s.015

Enforcement authorities

s.016

Power to require production of energy performance certificate

s.017

Penalty charge notices

s.017

Penalty charge notice for failure to comply with regulation 5A

s.017

Penalty charge notice for failure to comply with regulation 9

s.018

Defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable

s.018

Defence where failure to comply with regulation 5A

s.019

Reviews

s.020

Appeal to the sheriff court

s.021

Recovery of penalty charges

s.022

Service of documents

s.023

Offences relating to enforcement officers

s.defence where failure to comply with regulation 5a

Defence where failure to comply with regulation 5A

s.disclosure of data relating to a particular buildi

Disclosure of data relating to a particular building or building unit

s.disclosure of green deal information

Disclosure of green deal information

s.fees for entering data onto register

Fees for entering data onto register

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