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Enforced by: Local Authority
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 2 of 14 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 3 carry different penalties and 9 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord12

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 74 duties

Housing Act 1985 55 duties

Housing Act 1996 30 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 27 duties

The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 26 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

2 of 4 sections shown

s.003 Service of documents Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Ensure official notices are served correctly in writingLocal authority

s.004 Duty to review Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Secretary of State must review energy efficiency regulations every 5 yearsCrown / Minister / Government department

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 General interpretation

Part 2

5 of 14 sections shown

s.010 Landlord’s duty not to unreasonably refuse a tenant’s request Regulated

Do not unreasonably refuse a tenant's energy efficiency improvememt requestLandlord

s.011 Superior landlord’s duty not to unreasonably refuse a tenant’s request Regulated

Superior landlords must not unreasonably refuse energy efficiency requestsLandlord

s.012 Landlord’s initial and full response to tenant’s request Regulated

Respond to a tenant's request for energy efficiency improvementsLandlord

s.013 Counter proposal Regulated

Serve a valid counter proposal to tenant's energy efficiency requestLandlord

s.014 Effect of an improvement notice Regulated

Pass on improvement notices to landlords and tenantsLandlord

9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.005 Domestic PR property

s.006 Relevant energy efficiency improvements

s.007 Landlord and tenant

s.008 Request for consent to relevant energy efficiency improvements

s.009 Circumstances in which a request for consent to relevant energy efficiency improvements may not be made

s.015 Consent exemption

s.016 Devaluation exemption

s.017 Application to the First-tier Tribunal

s.018 Determination of an application

Part 3

Minimum level of energy efficiency

6 of 27 sections shown

s.023 Prohibition on letting of sub-standard property Prosecution

Do not let or continue to let sub-standard rental propertyLandlord

Unlimited fine

s.027 Prohibition on letting of sub-standard non-domestic PR property Prosecution

Do not let or continue to let sub-standard non-domestic propertyLandlord

Unlimited fine

s.036 PRS Exemptions Register Regulated

s.039 Publication penalty Regulated

Public naming and shaming for energy efficiency breachesLandlord

s.041 Breaches in relation to non-domestic PR property Prosecution

Avoid penalties for energy efficiency breaches in commercial propertiesLandlord

Fine up to £150,000

s.045 Recovery of financial penalty Regulated

Failure to pay a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) penaltyLandlord

21 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.019 Domestic PR property

s.020 Non-domestic PR property

s.021 Landlord and tenant

s.022 Sub-standard property

s.024 Relevant energy efficiency improvements

s.025 Relevant energy efficiency improvements undertaken

s.026 Sub-standard property let in breach of these Regulations

s.028 Relevant energy efficiency improvements

s.029 Relevant energy efficiency improvements undertaken

s.030 Sub-standard property let in breach of these Regulations

s.031 Consent exemption

s.032 Devaluation exemption

s.033 Temporary exemption in certain circumstances

s.034 Enforcement authorities

s.035 Authorised officers

s.037 Compliance notices

s.038 Penalty notices

s.040 Breaches in relation to domestic PR property

s.042 Reviews, waiving and modification of penalties

s.043 Appeals

s.044 Effect and determination of Appeal

Schedules

1 of 1 shown

s.schedule Information to be registered on the PRS Exemptions Register Regulated

3 other provisions

sch. para. 2 sch. para. 2

sch. para. 3 sch. para. 3

s.001 The items referred to in paragraph 1(h) are—

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Building compliance quick check

Fast compliance verification for experienced property managers. Checklist format covering electrical, gas, water, HVAC, lifts, and energy performance requirements.

Building compliance for new property owners

Comprehensive guide to understanding and meeting your legal obligations for building safety, maintenance, and energy performance when you acquire commercial premises.

Start a lettings agency

Compliance requirements for starting a property letting business in the UK

Energy Performance Certificates for business premises

When you need an Energy Performance Certificate for commercial property, the minimum E rating requirement for lettings under MEES, penalties for non-compliance, …

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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.