Regulation 33 Green deal properties
These Regulations apply in respect of a green deal property with the following modifications—
in regulation 2(1) in the definition of “assessment data” after “any information” insert “(other than green deal information)”,
for regulation 8(4) (energy performance certificates) substitute—
“(4)An energy performance certificate and the related property report cease to be valid for the purposes of complying with the green deal disclosure obligations, on the earlier of—
(a)the expiry of the period of one year from the date on which the document was issued or from the date on which it was produced from a register by virtue of regulation 16, as the case may be,
(b)the date on which another energy performance certificate for the building or building unit is subsequently issued.”,
where the building or building unit to which the energy performance certificate relates is a green deal property the energy performance certificate must (in addition to the information specified in regulation 8(1)(a) to (c)) contain a statement that green deal information relating to that building or building unit is contained in the property report,
where the building or building unit to which the property report relates is a green deal property, the property report must include green deal information for every green deal plan in respect of that building or building unit but the property report must not contain any information relating to a green deal plan for which the payment period has finished,
in regulation 9 (property report)—
after paragraph (2)(d) insert—
“(e)where the building or building unit to which the property report relates is a green deal property, green deal information for every green deal plan in respect of that building or building unit.”,
in paragraph (4) after “building unit” insert “or green deal information”,
after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5)A property report must not contain any information relating to a green deal plan for which the payment period has finished.”,
after regulation 14(7) (registration of energy performance data) insert—
“(8)Green deal information entered on the register may be altered where that information is updated or further updated by the green deal provider in accordance with the Framework Regulations.”,
in regulation 16 (disclosures generally) for “17 to 20” substitute “17 to 20 or 33(2)”,
in regulation 18 (disclosure of data relating to a particular building or building unit) after paragraph (2)(c) insert—
“(d)the data does not include any green deal information,”.
The keeper of a register must when requested to do so disclose green deal information—
to an enforcement authority for the purposes of their duty to enforce these Regulations, or
to the Secretary of State, a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State or the Green Deal Ombudsman for the purpose of enabling that person to carry out any function under or in connection with Part 8 of the Framework Regulations.
In this regulation and in schedule 1—
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“the Framework Regulations” means the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012f1,
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“green deal disclosure obligations” means the obligations to provide an energy performance certificate and property report by virtue of section 12 of the Energy Act 2011f2 and Part 7 of the Framework Regulations,
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“green deal information” means the information relating to a green deal plan specified in schedule 1,
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“Green Deal Ombudsman” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Framework Regulations,
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“green deal plan” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Energy Act 2011,
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“green deal property” means a property in respect of which there is a green deal plan and payments are still to be made under that plan.
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Footnotes
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