The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013

Energy performance certificates

4.  In regulation 6 (energy performance certificates)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(e) after “unit” insert “or produced from data entered on a register following a request for disclosure of that certificate made by virtue of regulation 12”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where the building or building unit to which the energy performance certificate relates is a green deal property the energy performance certificate must (in addition to the information specified in paragraph (1)(a) to (d)) contain a statement that green deal information relating to that building or building unit is contained in the recommendations report.”;

(c) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) An energy performance certificate and the related recommendations report cease to be valid—

(a) for the purposes of complying with the green deal disclosure obligations, on expiry of the period of one year from the date on which the document was issued or from the date on which it was produced from a register by virtue of regulation 12, as the case may be;

(b) for all other purposes, on the expiry of a period of 10 years from the date on which the document was issued.”; and

(d) after paragraph (6) insert—

“(7) In this regulation, “green deal disclosure obligations” means the obligations to provide an energy performance certificate and recommendations report by virtue of section 12 of the Energy Act 2011 and Part 7 of the Framework Regulations.”.