UK Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007
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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
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Authorised matters
Required commonhold documents
Required commonhold information
Authorised commonhold information
Creation of commonhold interests
Required leasehold documents
Required leasehold information
Authorised leasehold information
Creation of leasehold interests
General requirements
Less favourable terms
Required searches by another name
Additional search information
Unavailable search results
Access to local authority records
Terms for the preparation of required searches
Third party contractual rights in relation to search reports
Insurance cover for third party contractual rights
Permitted limit on liability for financial loss
Inclusion of additional or more favourable terms for required search reports
Interpretation
Nearby railway schemes
Traffic schemes
Outstanding notices
Contravention of building regulations
Notices, orders, directions and proceedings under Planning Acts
Conservation areas
Compulsory purchase
Contaminated land
Radon gas
Enquiries
Planning and building decisions and pending applications
Planning designations and proposals
Roads
Land required for public purposes
Land to be acquired for road works
Drainage agreements and consents
Nearby road schemes
Interpretation
Map of waterworks
Adoption of water mains and service pipes
Sewerage and water undertakers
Connection to mains water supply
Water mains, resource mains or discharge pipes
Current basis for sewerage and water charges
Charges following change of occupation
Surface water drainage charges
Water meters
Sewerage bills
Enquiries and responses
Water bills
Risk of flooding due to overloaded public sewers
Risk of low water pressure or flow
Water quality analysis
Authorised departures from water quality standards
Sewage treatment works
Public sewer map
Foul water
Surface water
Public adoption of sewers and lateral drains
Public sewers within the boundaries of the property
Public sewers near to the property
Building over a public sewer, disposal main or drain
Home condition reports
Terms for the preparation of a home condition report
Third party contractual rights in relation to home condition reports
Inclusion of additional or more favourable terms for home condition reports
Less favourable terms
Completion of home condition reports by home inspectors
Conduct of inspections
Prohibition on personal and security information
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation – general provisions
Interpretation – first point of marketing
Required, authorised and excluded documents
The home information pack
Copies of a home information pack
Comprehension of documents
Required pack documents
Authorised pack documents
Creation of interests
Prohibitions relating to home condition reports
Exclusion of advertising information
Order of pack documents
Time at which pack documents are to be included
Age of pack documents when first included
Energy information unobtainable before or at the first point of marketing
Documents required within 28 days of the first point of marketing
Requests for documents under this Part
Delivery of documents under this Part
Required pack documents which are completely unobtainable
Updating of required pack documents
Updating of predicted energy assessment
Updating of authorised pack documents
Seller’s check of the home information pack
Meaning of “non-residential premises”
Exclusion from meaning of “non-residential premises”
Exception for seasonal and holiday accommodation
Exception for mixed sales
Exception for dual use of a dwelling-house
Exception for portfolios of properties
Exception for unsafe properties
Exception for properties to be demolished
Exception – properties marketed before the commencement date
Exception – first day marketing during a temporary period
Amount of penalty charge
Exclusion of penalty charge for content of pack documents
Approval of certification schemes
Terms of approved certification schemes
Withdrawal of approval from certification schemes
Interpretation of this Part
Registration of home condition reports
Retention of home condition reports
Restrictions on disclosure by the keeper of the register in pursuance of a seller’s instructions
Other registers
Section 157 conditions
Suspicion of unauthorised use
Commercial use by the keeper of the register
Responsibility for proving purposes of disclosure
Responsibility for proving agency
Possession of report reference number
Internal processing of information
Sellers and their agents
Potential buyers and their advisers
Mortgage lenders or automated valuation suppliers
Approved certification schemes or complaints against home inspectors
Enforcement officers
Office of Fair Trading
Information from which no particular property is identifiable
Disclosures for the purposes of the
Prevention of crime
Legal proceedings and court orders
Fees
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