PART 2DUTIES TO PRODUCE ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES
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An energy performance certificate shall—
a
be in a form approved by the Department;
b
F2show the asset rating of the building;
c
include reference values such as current legal standards F3or other benchmarks in order to make it possible to compare and assess the energy performance of the building ;
d
be issued by an energy assessor who is accredited to produce energy performance certificates for that category of building; and
e
include the following information—
i
the reference number under which the certificate has been registered in accordance with regulation 25;
ii
the address of the building;
iii
the total useful floor area of the building;
iv
the name of the energy assessor who issued it;
v
the name and address of the energy assessor’s employer, or if he is self-employed, the name under which he trades and his address;
vi
the date on which it was issued; and
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the name of the approved accreditation scheme of which the energy assessor is a member.
2
An energy performance certificate shall not contain any information or data except for the address of the building from which a living individual (other than the energy assessor or his employer) can be identified.
3
An energy performance certificate is only valid for the purposes of this Part if—
a
the issue date is not more than 10 years old; and
b
no other energy performance certificate for the building has since been obtained by or provided to the relevant person.
4
Certificates for apartments or units designed or altered for separate use in blocks may be based—
a
on the assessment of another representative apartment or unit in the same block; or
b
except in the case of a dwelling, on a common certification of the whole building for blocks with a common heating system.
5
Where—
a
a block with a common heating system is divided into parts designed or altered for separate use; and
b
one or more, but not all, of the parts are dwellings,
certification for those parts that are not dwellings may be based on a common certification of all the parts that are not dwellings.
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Certificates for single-family houses may be based on the assessment of another representative building of similar design and size with a similar actual energy performance quality if such correspondence can be guaranteed by the energy assessor issuing the energy performance certificate.