Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.
(2) Subject to regulation 4 and 6(1) and notwithstanding regulation A5 of the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(1), these Regulations apply to all buildings including buildings which would otherwise be exempt from building regulations by virtue of regulation A5.
(3) Each provision of these Regulations referred to in column (2) of the Table in the Schedule shall come into operation on the date referred to in column (1) of that Table, for the purposes referred to in column (3).
(1)
S.R. 2000 No. 389, as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 295, S.R. 2006 No. 355 and S.R. 2006 No. 440