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

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 3021

Energy Conservation

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

Made

4th December 2012

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

A draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 40(5) of the Energy Act 2011(1) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

To the extent required by section 40(8)(a) of the Energy Act 2011, the Scottish Ministers have given consent and, in accordance with section 40(8)(b), they have been consulted.

The Welsh Ministers have been consulted in accordance with section 40(12) of the Energy Act 2011.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(4) and 40(1) of the Energy Act 2011, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

Amendments to the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

2.—(1) The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(3), after “26 and”, insert “, other than regulation 42,”.

(3) In regulation 1, after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A) Regulation 42 comes into force—

(a) so far as is necessary for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to make provision under section 9 and the Scottish Ministers to make provision under section 10, on the relevant date;

(b) for all remaining purposes, on 28th January 2013.”.

(4) In regulation 1, after paragraph (5), insert—

“(6) In this regulation, “relevant date” means the date on which the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 come into force.”.

Verma

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

4th December 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend, for certain purposes, the date on which regulation 42 of the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012 (“the Framework Regulations”) comes into force.

By virtue of regulation 1 of the Framework Regulations, regulation 42 comes into force on 28th January 2013. The amendments made by these Regulations bring forward that date for the purpose of enabling provision to be made under sections 9 and 10 of the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16) (“the Act”). For all remaining purposes, regulation 42 will continue to come into force on 28th January 2013.

Section 9 of the Act enables the Secretary of State to amend the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/991) and the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) for Green Deal-related purposes. Section 10 of the Act contains a similar power for the Scottish Ministers to amend the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/309).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. However, this instrument amends the Framework Regulations, which are one of a number of statutory instruments which establish the green deal energy efficiency scheme. A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that that scheme will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Green Deal Legislation Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change at 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW and is published alongside the Framework Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

2011 c. 16.

(2)

S.I. 2012/2079.