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

Made: 23rd March 2007

Laid before Parliament: 29th March 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation, application, extent and commencement

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Interpretation

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Meaning of “prospective buyer or tenant”

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PART 2 — Duties relating to energy performance certificates

Application of Part 2

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Energy performance certificates on sale and rent

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Providing energy information with particulars

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Buildings to be demolished

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Amendments relating to energy performance certificates on construction

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Construction of Crown and statutory undertakers’ buildings

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Recommendation reports

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Energy performance certificates

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Production of copies of energy performance certificates

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Electronic production of energy performance certificates

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Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

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PART 3 — Display Energy Certificates

Interpretation of Part 3

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Duties relating to display energy certificates and advisory reports

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Display energy certificates

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Changes in occupier etc

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Advisory reports

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PART 4 — Inspection of air-conditioning systems

Application and interpretation of Part 4

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Inspections of air-conditioning systems

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Reports

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Keeping of records etc

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Changes of relevant person

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PART 5 — Energy Assessors

Accreditation schemes

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Related party disclosures

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Duty of care

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Right to copy documents

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Meaning of energy assessment

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PART 6 — Register of certificates, recommendation reports and advisory reports

Interpretation of Part 6

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Registration of certificates etc

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Fees for entering onto register

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Disclosures generally

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Disclosures with reference number

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Disclosures to approved accreditation schemes

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Disclosures to enforcement authorities

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Disclosures to the Secretary of State

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PART 7 — Enforcement

Enforcement authorities

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Power to require production of documents

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Penalty charge notices

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Penalties under Housing Act 2004

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Defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable

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Penalty amount

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Reviews

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Appeal to the county court

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Recovery of penalty charges

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Service of documents

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Offences relating to enforcement officers

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PART 8 — Miscellaneous

Application to the Crown

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Duty to cooperate

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SCHEDULE 1 — Commencement

	Date on which the provision comes into force	Provision	Purpose for which the provision comes into force	Purpose for which the provision comes into force
1.	19th April 2007	Regulations 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 to 19 (Part 3), 25 to 29 (Part 5), 30 to 37 (Part 6), 49 and 50, Schedule 1 and paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 2.	All purposes.	All purposes.
2.	19th April 2007	Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2.	So far as it relates to—	So far as it relates to—
2.	19th April 2007	Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2.		(a) paragraph 1(7); and
2.	19th April 2007	Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2.		(b) paragraph 1(8), so far as that paragraph inserts regulations 17F to 17J,
2.	19th April 2007	Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2.	of that Schedule.	of that Schedule.
3.	19th April 2007	Paragraph 1(8) of Schedule 2.	So far as it inserts regulations 17F to 17J.	So far as it inserts regulations 17F to 17J.
4.	19th April 2007	Regulation 8.	So far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Table.	So far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Table.
5.	1st June 2007	Regulations 5, 7(1), and 7(3).	So far as each provision relates to any building which is to be sold or rented out in circumstances where a duty under section 155(1) or 159(2) of the Housing Act 2004 applies to on any person in relation to that building, other than a building which was constructed at a time when regulation 17C of the Building Regulations 2000 applied to the work.	So far as each provision relates to any building which is to be sold or rented out in circumstances where a duty under section 155(1) or 159(2) of the Housing Act 2004 applies to on any person in relation to that building, other than a building which was constructed at a time when regulation 17C of the Building Regulations 2000 applied to the work.
6.	1st June 2007	Regulation 6 and regulations 38 to 48 (Part 7).	All purposes.	All purposes.
7.	1st October 2007	Regulations 5, 7(1), and 7(3).	So far as each provision relates to any building which was constructed at a time when regulation 17C of the Building Regulations 2000 applied to the work, which is to be sold or rented out in circumstances where a duty under section 155(1) or 159(2) of the Housing Act 2004 applies to any person in relation to that building.	So far as each provision relates to any building which was constructed at a time when regulation 17C of the Building Regulations 2000 applied to the work, which is to be sold or rented out in circumstances where a duty under section 155(1) or 159(2) of the Housing Act 2004 applies to any person in relation to that building.
8.	1st January 2008	Regulations 20 to 24 (Part 4).	All purposes.	All purposes.
9.	6th April 2008	Paragraphs 1(2)(b), 1(5), 1(9)(a) and 1(10)(a) of Schedule 2 and for these purposes only regulation 8 and paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule.	All purposes	All purposes
10.	6th April 2008	Regulations 8 and 9 and paragraphs 1(1), 1(2)(a), 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 1(8), 1(9)(b), 1(10)(b) and 2 of Schedule 2.	So far as any provision relates to any dwelling.	So far as any provision relates to any dwelling.
11.	6th April 2008	Regulations 5, 7(2), 8 and 9 and paragraphs 1(1), 1(2)(a), 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 1(8), 1(9)(b), 1(10)(b) and 2 of Schedule 2.	So far as each provision relates to any building with a total useful floor area over 10,000m2, other than a dwelling.	So far as each provision relates to any building with a total useful floor area over 10,000m2, other than a dwelling.
12.	1st July 2008	Regulations 5, 7(2), 8 and 9 and paragraphs 1(1), 1(2)(a), 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 1(8), 1(9)(b), 1(10)(b) and 2 of Schedule 2.	So far as each provision relates to any building with a total useful floor area over 2,500m2, other than a dwelling.	So far as each provision relates to any building with a total useful floor area over 2,500m2, other than a dwelling.
13.	1st October 2008	Regulations 5, 7, 8 and 9 and paragraphs 1(1), 1(2)(a), 1(3), 1(4), 1(6), 1(8), 1(9)(b), 1(10)(b) and 2 of Schedule 2.	For all remaining purposes.	For all remaining purposes.

SCHEDULE 2

Amendments to the Building Regulations 2000

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Amendment to the Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2000

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Signed

Ruth Kelly — Secretary of State — Department for Communities and Local Government — 23rd March 2007

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2004/3328.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68.

[^f00003]: 1984 c. 55.

[^f00004]: Section 1(1) was amended by the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22), section 1(1) and (2); section 47 was amended by section 8(2) of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (5) of that Act, there are other amendments to that paragraph but none is relevant; paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3(1) and (7) of that Act.

[^f00005]: Section 4(1)(a)(i) to (iv) was substituted by the Education Act 1996 (c.56) , Schedule 37, paragraph 59; section 4(1)(a)(ii) was substituted (in relation to England) by the Education Act 2002 (c.32), Schedule 21, paragraph 6; section 4(1)(a)(iii) and (iv) were repealed by the School Standards Framework Act 1998 (c.31), Schedule 31; section 4(1)(b) was amended by the Airports Act 1986 (c.31), Schedule 6; section 4(1)(c) was inserted by S.I. 2001/4050; there are other amending Acts but these are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: OJ No L 1, 4.1.2003, p65.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1995/419, there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00015]: 1980 c.58.

[^f00016]: 1988 c. 41; amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), Schedule 5, paragraph 20.

[^f00017]: There are amendments but none is relevant to these Regulations.

Editorial notes

Transitional arrangements – property on market at commencement

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

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Disclosures to approved accreditation schemes

Disclosures to energy assessors in relation to dwellings

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Disclosures to the Energy Saving Trust Limited

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Disclosures to enforcement authorities

Disclosures to approved inspectors

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Disclosures to the Secretary of State

Energy performance certificates on marketing

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Providing energy information with particulars

Buildings to be demolished

Amendments relating to energy performance certificates on construction

Construction of Crown and statutory undertakers’ buildings

Recommendation reports

Energy performance certificates

Production of copies of energy performance certificates

Electronic production of energy performance certificates

Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

Fees for entering data onto register

Disclosure of data: general

Disclosure of general access data

Disclosure of bulk access data

Disclosure of general access and bulk access data

Fee for disclosure of bulk access data

PART 1

The purposes are

PART 2

The conditions are

SCHEDULE 3

PART 1

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

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PART 2

DISPLAY ENERGY CERTIFICATES

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PART 3

AIR-CONDITIONING INSPECTION REPORTS

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