All problems which affect the functioning of an improvement and...
- Rectify notified problems with green deal improvements free of charge
UK Statutory Instrument
2012
United Kingdom
The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012
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12 compliance obligations
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
The green deal provider must repair damage to the property...
- Repair property damage caused by Green Deal improvements free of charge
The green deal provider’s total liability to repair damage to...
- Green deal provider must cover at least £20,000 for property damage
Browse 31 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Name, address and contact details.
Certificate of accreditation number.
Name of accrediting body.
Date of certification to act as a green deal assessor....
Certificate number.
Name of certifying body.
Date of accreditation to certify persons as able to act...
Scope of accreditation.
Certificate of accreditation number.
Name of accrediting body.
Date of certification to act as a green deal installer....
Any trading name.
Scope of certification and energy efficiency improvements certified to install....
Certificate number.
Name of certifying body.
Whether authorisation is granted in relation to—
For authorisation in relation to domestic properties—
For a company, the company registration number and names of...
Green deal registration number.
Date of entry on the register.
Whether the person’s authorisation is suspended or withdrawn and—
Any periods when the person’s authorisation has been suspended or...
The reasons for any suspension or withdrawal of authorisation.
Date of accreditation to certify persons as able to act...
The information to be included in a report provided under...
The information to be included in a report provided under...
In this Schedule— (a) “customer complaint” is a complaint made...
The requirements for a guarantee referred to in regulation 35(2)...
The descriptions of damage referred to in paragraph 3 are—...
The requirements in paragraphs 2 to 4 do not require...
The following persons are referred to in paragraph 6—
Requirements which apply to green deal providers
- Comply with Green Deal provider obligations: code, agreement, ombudsman and reporting
Notifications concerning consumer credit
- Notify the Secretary of State if your consumer credit permission changes
Ensuring energy plans are green deal plans and that instalments can be collected on energy bills
- Ensure energy plans meet green deal requirements and instalments only collected after proper installation
Estimates of likely energy bill savings
- Estimate first-year energy savings for Green Deal improvements
Estimating the period over which savings are likely to be made
- Estimate how long energy bill savings will last for each Green Deal improvement
Instalments not to exceed savings
- Ensure green deal instalments do not exceed estimated savings and notify improver of key figures
Guarantees to be given by green deal providers
- Include a guarantee in the energy plan covering improvements and property damage
Condition as to other matters – confirmation from bill payer and owners
- Ensure written consent from bill payers and owners is obtained and attached to energy plan
Action to be taken under section 8(4)
- Provide a disclosure document to the consumer
Browse 83 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation – general
Notices
Definitions under section 2(9)
Definition of “energy bill” for the purpose of section 4(4) and Part 5
The bill payer where there is no supply of electricity to a green deal property
Definitions of qualifying assessment under section 3(9)
Authorisation of green deal certification bodies and green deal participants
Registers of green deal certification bodies and green deal participants
Code of practice
Green deal assessor certification bodies
Determination of applications and entry on the register
Green deal installer certification bodies
Determination of applications and entry on the register
Green deal providers
Determination of applications and entry on the register
Voluntary withdrawal of authorisation of green deal provider
Refusal of an application
Requirements which apply to green deal certification bodies
Changes to a membership list – update to registers
Cessation of accreditation – update to registers
Requirements which apply to green deal assessors
Requirements which apply to green deal installers
Conditions to be met for energy plans to be green deal plans
Payment period not to exceed savings period
Domestic properties – fixed interest rate
Improvement-specific instalments – exceptions to fixed amount
No restriction on change of gas or electricity supplier
Owner under regulation 36
Permitted early repayment of credit
Permitted cash advances
Terms of the plan which are to bind or benefit the bill payer or a subsequent bill payer
Specified period under section 8(3)
Circumstances in which green deal information in disclosure document must be updated
Requirement to update green deal information in disclosure document
Updating of disclosure document where the green deal provider is no longer authorised
Intended occupation under transactions or arrangements to be entered into
Disclosure and acknowledgment in circumstances described in regulation 43
Intended transfers of ownership
Disclosure and acknowledgment in circumstances described in regulation 45
Oral tenancies and unwritten licence agreements
Acknowledgment in circumstances described in regulation 47
Transactions or arrangements to change bill payers
Disclosure and acknowledgment in circumstances described in regulation 49
Interpretation – Part 8
No sanctions without receipt of complaints or information
Sanctions
Enforcement undertakings
Eligible complaints – breach of the consent provision
Eligible complaints – breach of the disclosure and acknowledgment provisions
Eligible complaints – breach of the relevant requirements by the green deal provider or the green deal installer
Eligible complaints – breach of the relevant requirements by a green deal assessor
Eligible complaints – failure to take consumer credit modifying step
Referral of eligible complaints to the Secretary of State
Complaints where there is no green deal provider
Complaints – breach of the relevant requirements by a green deal certification body
Breach of the consent provision
Breach of the disclosure and acknowledgment provisions
Breach of the relevant requirements
Special circumstances – failure to take a consumer credit modifying step
Sanctions for breaches of the consent provision
Sanctions for breaches of the disclosure and acknowledgment provisions
Sanctions for breaches of the relevant requirements by green deal providers
Sanctions for breaches of the relevant requirements by green deal installers
Sanctions for breaches of the relevant requirements by green deal assessors and green deal certification bodies
Cancellation in special circumstances – failure by relevant person to take a consumer credit modifying step
Withdrawal of authorisation from a green deal provider who is no longer a fit person to be authorised
Requirement to give an intention notice before imposing a sanction
Additional requirements in relation to compensation
Compliance notices
Financial penalties
Recovery of compensation and financial penalties
Notice of decision not to impose a sanction
Sanctions notices
Proportionality requirement
Updating the register
Deferring updating the register
Contents of an enforcement undertaking
Failure to comply with an enforcement undertaking
Discharge of a compliance notice or enforcement undertaking
Inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information
Power to obtain information
Appeal to First Tier Tribunal
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