811.This Section empowers the appropriate national authority to make regulations about a register of sustainability certificates (subsection (1)). Regulations may also provide for interim certificates and other documents to be included on the register (subsections (9) and (10)).
812.The regulations under subsection (1) may provide in particular (subsection (2)) for:
the register to be kept by or on behalf of the appropriate national authority or by such other person as the regulations may specify (subsection (3));
the payment of a fee to enter a document onto the register (subsection (4)); and
preventing the disclosure of the register or documents or information in it except in accordance with the regulations (subsection (5));
the circumstances in or purposes for which the register may, on payment of any fee, be inspected, documents or information may be copied or given, and disclosure made of anything so obtained (subsections (6) and (7)).
813.Contravention of a prohibition on disclosure from the register is a summary offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, currently £5,000 (subsection (8)).