Regulation 14 Age of pack documents when first included

(1)

The following pack documents must be dated no earlier than three months preceding the first point of marketing—

(a)

official copies included in the home information pack under regulation 8(c), 8(e) and 8(f); and

(b)

a certificate of an official search of the index map included in the pack under regulation 8(d)(i).

(2)

The pack documents included under regulation 8(h)(i), 8(m), 8(n) and 8(o), (home condition reports and search reports) must be completed no earlier than three months preceding the first point of marketing.

(3)

All other pack documents—

(a)

may be completed or dated earlier than three months preceding the first point of marketing; and

(b)

with the exception of home condition reports included under regulation 8(j), must be such versions of the documents as can reasonably be assumed to be the most recent to the first point of marketing.

(4)

Where—

(a)

a pack document has been amended at any time before its inclusion in the home information pack; and

(b)

the amendment is not incorporated in the document,

that amendment must be included in the pack.