Regulation 40 Interpretation of this Part

In this Part—

• “agent” includes a person who—

  1. (a)

     provides advice to another in a professional capacity; or

  2. (b)

     acts on behalf of another with their authority;

• “automated valuation supplier” means a person who carries out valuations of properties for the purposes of their sale other than by means of a visual inspection of the property;

• “keeper of the register” means the Secretary of State or persons keeping the register or any part of the register on behalf of the Secretary of State;

• “primary disclosure” means one or more of the following disclosures—

  1. (a)

     an inspection of the register or a home condition report entered onto the register;

  2. (b)

     the taking or giving of electronic or paper copies of the register or a home condition report entered onto the register; or

  3. (c)

     the giving of information contained in or derived from the register or a home condition report entered onto the register;

• “report reference number” means the number assigned to a home condition report in accordance with regulation 41;

• “request” includes an electronic or automated request;

• “register” means the register of home condition reports described in section 165 of the 2004 Act and further described in this Part, and includes parts of the register;

• “secondary disclosure” means a disclosure of a home condition report or its contents where that information has been obtained by virtue of a primary disclosure; and

• “seller” does not include former sellers.

In this Part, references to a home condition report include—

In this Part, references to the obtaining, keeping or storing of a document or information include the obtaining, keeping or storing of such a document or information in any form.

In this Part, a disclosure includes—