The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Amendment to Regulation 27 (Disclosures with reference number) of the Principal Regulations

14.  After regulation 27 insert—

“Disclosures with address

27A.— (1) The keeper of the register may disclose a document to any person if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that—

(a) a request for disclosure of the document has been made by means of a website operated by the keeper;

(b) the request includes—

(i) the full postal address (excluding the postcode) of the particular building to which the document relates;

(ii) the full postcode of that building; or

(iii) the name of the road or street on which, and the name of the city, town, village or townland in which, the building is located;

(c) where the request is for a document other than a display energy certificate, there is no opt-out in effect in respect of the document;

(d) the particular building to which the document relates is not an excluded building; and

(e) the person requesting the document has not reached such limit for searches as may be imposed by the Department.

(3) The keeper of the register may disclose to such a person—

(a) the document the person requested; and

(b) any document of the same kind relating to the same building or part of a building as the document requested, which was registered at any time during the period of 10 years prior to the date of the request.”.