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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-performance-of-buildings-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111063866",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-performance-of-buildings-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Disclosure of data relating to a particular building or building unit",
  "text": "(1) The keeper of a register may disclose energy performance data relating to a particular building or building unit if all of the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.\n(2) The conditions are that—\n(a) a request for disclosure of the data is made—\n(i) by means of a website operated by the keeper, or\n(ii) by electronic communication sent to an address or location specified by the keeper for the purpose of the receipt of such requests,\n(b) the request includes—\n(i) the full address (excluding the postcode) of the particular building or building unit to which the data relates,\n(ii) the full postcode of that building or building unit, or\n(iii) the report reference number for the energy performance data relating to the building or building unit, and\n(c) the particular building or building unit to which the data relates is not an excluded building.\n(3) Without prejudice to the disclosure by the keeper of energy performance data or documents in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) or regulations 17, 19 or 20, the keeper of a register, an approved organisation or an energy assessor may, if all the conditions in paragraph (4) are met, disclose assessment data in relation to a particular building or building unit to the owner or occupier of that building or to any other person with the consent of the owner of the building.\n(4) The conditions are that the information or data published must not include—\n(a) any information or data from which a living individual can be identified,\n(b) any information or data revealing the location of an excluded building (or any information from which the location of such a building can be deduced).\n(5) It is an offence for a person to disclose, or permit the disclosure of, assessment data otherwise than in accordance with this regulation or regulations 17, 19 or 20.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111063866/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:21.763821+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}