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PART 4ASSEMBLY OF HOME INFORMATION PACKS

Requests for documents under this Part

18.—(1) In this Part, references to a request for a document are to a request—

(a)which is properly addressed to a person who usually provides or is likely to provide the type of document requested; and

(b)which—

(i)is made in such form;

(ii)contains all such information; and

(iii)is accompanied by such payment or an undertaking to make such payment,

as is usually necessary to obtain a document of the type requested.

(2) In this Part, proof of a request for a document means a written statement of the following matters—

(a)which of the required documents has been requested;

(b)the date that a request for the document is delivered in accordance with regulation 19;

(c)the name of the person to whom the request has been addressed;

(d)the date the responsible person believes the document is likely to become available; and

(e)confirmation that the request complies with paragraph (1).