The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2007/991 |
| Year | 2007 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007.(2) Subject to regulation 4, and notwithstanding section 4 of the Building Act 1984 (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.(4) Each provision of these Regulations mentioned in column 3 of the Table in Schedule 1 shall come into force on the date mentioned in column 2 of that Table, for the purposes mentioned in column 4.(1) In these Regulations—requests any information about the building from the relevant person or his agent for the purpose of deciding whether to buy or rent the building; makes a request to view the building for the purpose of deciding whether to buy or rent the building; or makes an offer, whether oral or written, to buy or rent the building. buildings which are used primarily or solely as places of worship;temporary buildings with a planned time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings with low energy demand;stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50m2 which are not dwellings.(2) Nothing in this Part requires an energy performance certificate to be given or made available to a prospective buyer or tenant at any time before the construction of the building has been completed.(1) Subject to regulation 7, this regulation applies where a building is to be sold or rented out.at the earliest opportunity; andin the case of a person who requests information about the building, the time at which the relevant person first makes available any information in writing about the building to the person; orin the case of a person who makes a request to view the building, the time at which the person views the building.is unlikely to have sufficient means to buy or rent the building;is not genuinely interested in buying or renting a building of a general description which applies to the building; oris not a person to whom the relevant person is likely to be prepared to sell or rent out the building.(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) authorises the doing of anything which constitutes an unlawful act of discrimination.(5) The relevant person must ensure that a valid energy performance certificate has been given free of charge to the person who ultimately becomes the buyer or tenant.a building is to be sold or rented out in circumstances where
- “accreditation scheme” means a scheme approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with—
- (a) regulation 25; or
- (b) regulation 17F of the Building Regulations 2000 ;
- “advisory report” means a report issued by an energy assessor pursuant to regulation 19;
- “air-conditioning system” means a combination of all the components required to provide a form of air treatment in which the temperature is controlled or can be lowered, and includes systems which combine such air treatment with the control of ventilation, humidity and air cleanliness;
- “asset rating” means a numerical indicator of the amount of energy estimated to meet the different needs associated with a standardised use of a building, calculated according to the methodology approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 17A of the Building Regulations 2000 ;
- “building” means a roofed construction having walls, for which energy is used to condition the indoor climate, and a reference to a building includes a reference to a part of building which has been designed or altered to be used separately;
- “display energy certificate” means a certificate which complies with regulation 17;
- “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling;
- “energy assessor” means an individual who is a member of an accreditation scheme;
- “energy performance certificate” means a certificate which complies with regulation 11(1) of these Regulations or regulation 17E of the Building Regulations 2000 ;
- “home information pack” means a home information pack in relation to a building obtained for the purpose of complying with section 155(1) or 159(2) of the Housing Act 2004 ;
- “inspection report” means a report issued by an energy assessor in accordance with regulation 22(1) ;
- “penalty charge notice” means a notice given pursuant to regulation 40;
- “recommendation report” means the recommendation report required by regulation 10, and includes a report issued by an energy assessor for the purposes of regulation 17E(4) of the Building Regulations 2000 or regulation 12(4) of the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2000 ;
- “relevant person” means—
- (a) in relation to a building which is to be sold, the seller;
- (b) in relation to a building which is to be rented out, the prospective landlord;
- (c) in relation to a building in circumstances where regulation 9 applies, the person responsible for carrying out the construction work; and
- (d) in relation to an air-conditioning system, the person who has control of the operation of the system.
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