{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-disclosure-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-disclosure-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1660",
  "legislation_title": "The Green Deal (Disclosure) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-disclosure-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Specified time for disclosure of green deal plan: lettings",
  "text": "(1) This regulation provides for the specified time for the purposes of section 12(2)(b) of the Act where a green deal property is to be let.\n(2) Except where paragraph (4), (6) or (8) applies, the specified time is at or before the time B views the green deal property.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies where, in respect of a green deal property situated in England or Wales, B becomes a prospective tenant or licensee by virtue of making—\n(a) an information request or a viewing request and—\n(i) subsequently B makes an offer, either orally or in writing;\n(ii) B does not view the property before making that offer; and\n(iii) paragraph (8) does not apply;\nor\n(b) an offer, either orally or in writing.\n(4) Where this paragraph applies, the specified time is, where A intends that the property is to be let under—\n(a) a written contract, at or before the time A or an agent informs B that A accepts B’s offer subject to a contract to let the property being concluded; or\n(b) an oral contract, before the contract to let the property is made.\n(5) Paragraph (6) applies where, in respect of a green deal property situated in Scotland, B becomes a prospective tenant or licensee by virtue of making—\n(a) an information request or a viewing request and—\n(i) subsequently B makes an offer, either orally or in writing;\n(ii) B does not view the property before making that offer; and\n(iii) paragraph (8) does not apply;\nor\n(b) an offer, either orally or in writing.\n(6) Where this paragraph applies, the specified time is before the contract to let the property is made.\n(7) Paragraph (8) applies where—\n(a) B occupies the green deal property; and\n(b) B becomes a prospective tenant or licensee by virtue of making an information request.\n(8) Where this paragraph applies, the specified time is—\n(a) as soon as practicable after the information request is received by A or an agent; but\n(b) before the contract to let the property is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 12(2)(b) requires a seller, prospective landlord or licensor to provide the document produced or updated under section 8(4) to a prospective buyer, tenant or licensee at a specified time. A document produced or updated under section 8(4) is one which includes information in connection with a green deal plan."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1660/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:27:33.700441+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."
}