The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

PART 3 Applications for authorisation

Green deal assessor certification bodies

11.—(1) A person may apply to the Secretary of State for authorisation to act as a green deal assessor certification body.

(2) An applicant must—

(a) be an accredited assessor certification body, and

(b) supply with an application—

(i) the information in paragraphs 1 to 3 and section 2 of Schedule 1;

(ii) the applicant’s membership list.

Determination of applications and entry on the register

12.—(1) Where an application is made under regulation 11, the Secretary of State must as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the applicant whether the application is granted or refused.

(2) Where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application, regulation 18 applies.

(3) Where an application is granted the Secretary of State must—

(a) enter the applicant on the register of green deal assessor certification bodies, by including on that register the information in paragraphs 1 to 5 and section 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of the applicant; and

(b) enter the persons on the applicant’s membership list on the register of green deal assessors by including the information in paragraphs 1 to 5 and section 3 of Schedule 1 on that register in respect of each of them.

(4) The Secretary of State must comply with paragraph (3) as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no earlier than 1st October 2012.

Green deal installer certification bodies

13.—(1) A person may apply to the Secretary of State for authorisation to act as a green deal installer certification body.

(2) An applicant must—

(a) be an accredited installer certification body; and

(b) supply with an application—

(i) the information in paragraphs 1 to 3 and section 4 of Schedule 1; and

(ii) the applicant’s membership list.

Determination of applications and entry on the register

14.—(1) Where an application is made under regulation 13, the Secretary of State must as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the applicant whether the application is granted or refused.

(2) Where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application, regulation 18 applies.

(3) Where an application is granted the Secretary of State must—

(a) enter the applicant on the register of green deal installer certification bodies, by including on that register the information in paragraphs 1 to 5 and section 4 of Schedule 1 in respect of the applicant;

(b) enter the persons on the applicant’s membership list on the register of green deal installers, by including on that register the information in paragraphs 1 to 5 and section 5 of Schedule 1 in respect of each of them.

(4) The Secretary of State must comply with paragraph (3) as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no earlier than 1st October 2012.

Green deal providers

15.—(1) A person may apply to the Secretary of State for authorisation to act as a green deal provider.

(2) An applicant must—

(a) state in an application whether authorisation is sought in respect of—

(i) domestic properties and non-domestic properties; or

(ii) non-domestic properties only; and

(b) provide with an application the information in paragraphs 1 to 3 and 24 of Schedule 1.

Determination of applications and entry on the register

16.—(1) Where an application is made under regulation 15, the Secretary of State must as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the applicant whether the application is granted or refused.

(2) The Secretary of State may only grant an application if satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to act as a green deal provider.

(3) Where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application, regulation 18 applies.

(4) Where an application is granted the Secretary of State must enter the applicant on the register of green deal providers, by including on that register the information in paragraphs 1 to 5 and section 6 of Schedule 1 in respect of the applicant.

(5) The Secretary of State must comply with paragraph (4) as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no earlier than 1st October 2012.

Voluntary withdrawal of authorisation of green deal provider

17.—(1) A green deal provider may apply to the Secretary of State for the withdrawal of its authorisation.

(2) The Secretary of State must as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the provider whether the application is granted or refused.

(3) Where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application, regulation 18 applies.

(4) Where an application is granted the Secretary of State must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, update the register by including the information in paragraphs 6 and 8 of Schedule 1 in respect of the green deal provider.

Refusal of an application

18.—(1) This regulation applies where the Secretary of State intends to refuse an application made under regulation 11, 13, 15 or 17.

(2) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant—

(a) of the intention to refuse the application and the reasons for that intended decision;

(b) that the applicant may make written representations to the Secretary of State, and of the period within which they must be made (“the representations period”).

(3) If, after the expiry of the representations period and consideration of any representations, the Secretary of State refuses the application, the Secretary of State must notify that refusal and the reasons for it to—

(a) except in respect of an application made under regulation 15 or 17, the green deal accreditation body; and

(b) the applicant.