# The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 33: Compliance with ISO 50001

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This regulation applies in any case where a participant's energy management system is certified, within the relevant period, as being in compliance with ISO 50001 (a “certified energy management system”), and that certification remains valid on the compliance date.
(2) Except where paragraph (3) applies, the participant is deemed to have complied with Chapter 3 of Part 4 in relation to any part of its energy consumption which falls under the certified energy management system.
(2A) Paragraph 3 applies where all of the participant’s—
(a) total energy consumption, or
(b) significant energy consumption
falls under the certified energy management system.
(3) Where the conditions in paragraph (2A) are met, the participant is deemed to have complied with
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) regulation 21, and
(c) Chapters 3 and 3A of Part 4.
(4) In this regulation—
(a) “certified” means certified by a body that is accredited, for the purpose of certifying compliance with ISO 50001, by at least one of the following—
(i) a member of the International Accreditation Forum,
(ii) a national accreditation body of a Member State,
(iii) the national accreditation body of the United Kingdom appointed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
(b) “energy management system” has the meaning given in Article 2(11) of the Directive,
(c) “ISO 50001” means the international standard “50001:2011 Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use” or the international standard “50001:2018 Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use”, ...
(d) “national accreditation body of a Member State ” means a national accreditation body of a Member State within the meaning of Article 2(11) of Regulation (EC) no 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as it has effect in EU law,
(e) “relevant period” means—
(i) in the case of the compliance period beginning on 6th December 2019, the period beginning on that date and ending on the compliance date,
(ii) in any other case, the compliance period.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1643/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/energy-savings-opportunity-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-33
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.