# Energy Conservation Act 1981 (repealed) 1981 c. 17 · enacted 21 May 1981 · revised to 22 July 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Type approval of certain Energy-consuming Appliances ## 1 Power to prohibit supply of certain appliances without type approval mark or approved operating and maintenance instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 United KingdomU.K. requirements for type approval and approval of operating and maintenance instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 United KingdomU.K. type approval bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 United KingdomU.K. type approval and approval of operating and maintenance instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Control of conformity to approved type or instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Withdrawal of United KingdomU.K. approvals on change of standards under section 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Supervision by the Secretary of State of United KingdomU.K. type approval bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Interpretation of Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Individual Testing of Certain Heat Generators ## 9 On-site testing orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Deferment of tests and modification of test standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Testing authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Obligations of suppliers of generators subject to on-site testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Data plates for approved generators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Interpretation of Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Miscellaneous and Supplemental ## 15 Grants for purposes of energy conservation advice schemes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Alleviation of charges for abstraction of water in certain cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Contravention of orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Saving for civil rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Exception of certain approved performance particulars from trade descriptions law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Enforcement of orders under Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Enforcement of orders under Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Obstruction of enforcement officers and authorised inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Notice of test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Compensation for loss, et ceteralaetc., of appliance seized under section 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Offences by corporations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Application to Northern Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Citation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/17 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/energy-conservation-act-1981-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.