{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-performance-of-buildings-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-performance-of-buildings-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Energy performance certificates",
  "text": "In regulation 6 (energy performance certificates)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a) after “building” insert “ or building unit ”;\n(b) after paragraph (1)(b) insert—\n“(ba) include an energy performance indicator;\n(bb) include an indicator, expressed numerically, of primary energy use;”;\n(c) for paragraph (1)(c) substitute—\n“(c) contain cost effective and technically feasible recommendations for improving the energy performance of the building or building unit including—\n(i) measures in connection with a major renovation of the building envelope or technical building systems; and\n(ii) measures for individual building elements independent of a major renovation of the building envelope or technical building systems;\n(ca) include a statement indicating that—\n(i) more detailed information on the cost effectiveness of the recommendations made in the energy performance certificate; and\n(ii) the steps to be taken to implement those recommendations,\nare contained in the recommendations report;”;\n(d) in paragraph (1)(d)(i) after “building” insert “ or building unit ”;\n(e) for paragraph (1)(e) substitute—\n“(e) be issued by a qualified member of an approved organisation for that category of building or building unit.”;\n(f) in paragraph (2) after the word “building” insert “ or building unit ”;\n(g) for paragraph (4) substitute—\n“(4) Certification for a building unit may be based—\n(a) on the assessment of another representative building unit with the same energy-relevant characteristics in the same building; or\n(b) on a common certification of the whole building in which the building unit is located.”; and\n(h) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(6) Certification for a house may be based on the assessment of another representative house where—\n(a) the representative house is of similar design, size and actual energy performance quality; and\n(b) the member of the approved organisation issuing the energy performance certificate has confirmed in writing that this is the case.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/208/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:29.233055+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."
}