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2. In these Regulations—
“accredited assessor” means—
in England or Wales, either—
a person who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Secretary of State in relation to newly erected dwellings for the purposes of regulation 17F (1) to (3) of the Building Regulations 2000(1), or
where no accreditation scheme as described in paragraph (i) has yet been approved, a person who is authorised to issue ratings calculated by the Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (“the SAP”) by the holder of a licence granted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to certify that the ratings assessed under the SAP have been issued by a body authorised by the Secretary of State;
in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers or a person who is approved by the Scottish Ministers to issue certificates for the purposes of these Regulations; and
in Northern Ireland, a person who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Department of Finance and Personnel or the Department for Social Development for the purpose of assessing the energy performance of dwellings by reference to the approved methodology;
“the approved methodology” means—
the methodology for the calculation of the energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 17A of the Building Regulations 2000; and
any further methodology for the calculation of energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 7;
“zero-carbon home” has the meaning given in regulation 5; and
“zero-carbon home certificate” means a certificate issued under regulation 6(1).
S.I. 2000/2531, as amended by S.I. 2006/652 and S.I. 2007/991. There are other amendments not relevant to these regulations.
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