# The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 16: Devaluation exemption


Regulations 10(1) and 11(1) do not require a landlord, or a superior landlord (as the case may be), to consent to the making of—
(a) a relevant energy efficiency improvement, or
(b) a combination of two or more relevant energy efficiency improvements,
specified in a tenant’s request where a report prepared by an independent surveyor states that the relevant energy efficiency improvement, or combination of relevant energy efficiency improvements (as the case may be), would result in a reduction of more than 5% in the market value of the domestic PR property, or of the building of which it forms part.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111132432/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-efficiency-private-rented-property-england-and-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-16
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