# The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012, Regulation 36: Condition as to other matters – confirmation from bill payer and owners

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Before an energy plan is entered into, the improver must obtain the confirmation described in paragraph (3) (“confirmation”) from—
(a) each person (if any) who will be—
(i) the relevant first bill payer; or
(ii) subject to paragraph (4), the relevant subsequent bill payer; and
(b) subject to paragraph (5), each person (if any) who, at the time the confirmation is sought, is the owner of the property.
(2) The green deal provider must ensure that the confirmation or a copy of it is attached to the plan at the time it is entered into.
(3) The confirmation to be obtained from a person (“A”) under paragraph (1) must be in writing and contain—
(a) consent by A to—
(i) the amount of the payments in instalments to be made under the plan;
(ii) the intervals at which they are payable; and
(iii) the period for which they are payable; and
(b) an acknowledgment by A that if the plan is entered into and A becomes the bill payer—
(i) A must pay instalments under the plan for such time as A is the bill payer, and
(ii) the other terms of the plan which bind a bill payer will bind A.
(4) Paragraph (1)(a)(ii) does not apply to a relevant subsequent bill payer who, at the time a plan is to be entered into, will be the improver.
(5) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a person who, at the time a plan is to be entered into, will be—
(a) the improver; or
(b) a person to whom paragraph (1)(a) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2079/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/green-deal-framework-disclosure-acknowledgment-redress-etc-regulations-2012/regulation-36
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