# The Home Information Pack Regulations 2007, Paragraph 2: Terms for the preparation of a home condition report


A home inspector must prepare a home condition report on the following terms without exclusion or limitation—
(a) that the report will be prepared with reasonable care and skill;
(b) that the home inspector will provide in the report an objective opinion about the condition of the property;
(c) that such an opinion will be based on his inspection;
(d) that the home inspector will identify in the report such conditions within the property as appear to—
(i) be defects that are serious or require urgent attention, or both;
(ii) give rise to a need for repair or replacement; or
(iii) give rise to further investigation;
(e) that a responsible person may copy or issue a copy of the report for the purposes of—
(i) regulations 6, 7, 10(a) and 25; and
(ii) section 156(1), (2) and (11) of the 2004 Act; and
(f) that any person may do one or more of the following for the purposes of a disclosure or other act authorised by Part 9—
(i) copy a report;
(ii) issue a copy of a report;
(iii) rent or lend a report;
(iv) communicate a report; or
(v) make an adaptation of a report or do any of the above in relation to an adaptation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/992/schedule/10/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-2
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