Regulation 6 Energy performance certificates on construction

Where a building is constructed the developer must, not later than the date 7 days after the relevant date, give a copy of a valid energy performance certificate for the building and of the related property report to the owner of the building.

In this regulation—

• “completion certificate” and “verifier” have the same meaning as in section 56(1) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003^f1,

• “the developer” means the person who carried out the building work for the construction of the building,

• “relevant date”, in relation to building work for the construction of a building, means the date on which a completion certificate in respect of those works is submitted to a verifier under section 17 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.