UK Statutory Instrument 2007 United Kingdom

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

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3 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

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  • Operator 1

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What this Act requires

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Part 1 — Introductory

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Part 2 — Duties relating to energy performance certificates

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s.energy performance certificates on marketing

Energy performance certificates on marketing

Part 3 — Display Energy Certificates

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Part 4 — Inspection of air-conditioning systems

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Part 5 — Energy Assessors

s.027

Duty of care

  • Assessors must exercise a duty of care when producing energy certificates Operator
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Part 6 — Register of certificates, recommendation reports and advisory reports

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s.035

Disclosures to energy assessors in relation to dwellings

s.disclosures to approved inspectors

Disclosures to approved inspectors

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Disclosures to energy assessors in relation to dwellings

s.disclosures whether an energy performance certific

Disclosures whether an energy performance certificate for a building other than a dwelling has been entered on the register

Part 7 — Enforcement

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Part 8 — Miscellaneous

s.050

Duty to cooperate

  • Cooperate with enforcement officers to ensure building energy compliance Any Person
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Schedules

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The purposes are

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Conducting research into, or developing or analysing policy (or policy...Conducting research into the effectiveness or impact of energy efficiency...Identifying geographic areas where the energy efficiency of buildings is...Promoting and marketing energy efficiency improvements that may be made...Identifying and analysing the impact of carbon emissions on the...Determining whether energy efficiency improvements that may be made pursuant...The authorised recipient must not— (a) disclose any perso

s.sch003

For data from which an Energy Performance Certificate for a...

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For data from which an Energy Performance Certificate for a...

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For data from which a Display Energy Certificate may be...

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For data from which an inspection report may be produced:...

Other sections — not classified into a Part

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s.001

Citation, application, extent and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Meaning of “prospective buyer or tenant”

s.004

Application of Part 2

s.005

Energy performance certificates on sale and rent

s.005

Energy performance certificates on marketing

s.006

Providing energy information with particulars

s.007

Buildings to be demolished

s.008

Amendments relating to energy performance certificates on construction

s.009

Construction of Crown and statutory undertakers’ buildings

s.010

Recommendation reports

s.011

Energy performance certificates

s.012

Production of copies of energy performance certificates

s.013

Electronic production of energy performance certificates

s.014

Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

s.015

Interpretation of Part 3

s.016

Duties relating to display energy certificates and advisory reports

s.017

Display energy certificates

s.018

Changes in occupier etc

s.019

Advisory reports

s.020

Application and interpretation of Part 4

s.021

Inspections of air-conditioning systems

s.022

Reports

s.023

Keeping of records etc

s.024

Changes of relevant person

s.025

Accreditation schemes

s.026

Related party disclosures

s.027

Duty of care

s.028

Right to copy documents

s.029

Meaning of energy assessment

s.030

Interpretation of Part 6

s.031

Registration of certificates etc

s.032

Fees for entering data onto register

s.033

Disclosure of data: general

s.034

Disclosure of general access data

s.034

Disclosures whether an energy performance certificate for a building other than a dwelling has been entered on the register

s.035

Disclosure of bulk access data

s.035

Disclosures to energy assessors in relation to dwellings

s.036

Disclosure of general access and bulk access data

s.036

Disclosures to approved inspectors

s.037

Fee for disclosure of bulk access data

s.038

Enforcement authorities

s.039

Power to require production of documents

s.040

Penalty charge notices

s.041

Penalties under Housing Act 2004

s.042

Defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable

s.043

Penalty amount

s.044

Reviews

s.045

Appeal to the county court

s.046

Recovery of penalty charges

s.047

Service of documents

s.048

Offences relating to enforcement officers

s.049

Application to the Crown

s.050

Duty to cooperate

s.051

Transitional arrangements – property on market at commencement

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