The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Meaning of prospective buyer or prospective tenant

5. 4. Application of regulations

6. 5. Energy performance certificates on sale or rent

7. 6. Energy performance certificates on construction

8. 7. Advertisement for sale or let of a building or building unit

9. 8. Energy performance certificates

10. 9. Property report

11. 10. Methodology for assessment of energy performance

12. 11. Approved organisations

13. 12. Accreditation schemes

14. 13. Display of energy performance certificates

15. 14. Registration of energy performance data

16. 15. Fees for entering data onto register

17. 16. Disclosures generally

18. 17. Disclosure of Documents

19. 18. Disclosure of data relating to a particular building or building unit

20. 19. Disclosure of bulk access data

21. 20. Duty to disclose energy performance data

22. 21. Enforcement authorities

23. 22. Power to require production of energy performance certificate

24. 23. Penalty charge notice for failure to comply with regulation 5

25. 24. Penalty charge notices for failure to comply with regulation 6, 7 or 13

26. 25. Defence where energy performance certificate unobtainable

27. 26. Defence where failure to comply with regulation 7

28. 27. Reviews

29. 28. Appeal to the sheriff court

30. 29. Recovery of penalty charges

31. 30. Service of documents

32. 31. Offences relating to enforcement officers

33. 32. Application to the Crown

34. 33. Green deal properties

35. 34. Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004

36. 35. Amendment of the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

37. 36. Approved organisations and accreditation schemes– transitional provisions

38. 37. Revocations

39. 38. Saving and transitional provisions

40. Signature

41. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       1. PART 1 Green deal information

          1. 1. The green deal information in respect of a green deal...

          2. 2. A statement— (a) indicating that improvements have been installed at...

          3. 3. A statement indicating— (a) that a green deal plan is...

          4. 4. Where the green deal plan is a regulated consumer credit...

          5. 5. Where the green deal plan is not a regulated consumer...

          6. 6. A statement indicating that— (a) the outstanding credit under the...

          7. 7. Where a term has been included in a green deal...

          8. 8. The unique reference number assigned to the green deal plan....

          9. 9. The name of the person who is the green deal...

          10. 10. The date on which the payment period starts and the...

          11. 11. The amount payable under the green deal plan—

          12. 12. The rate of interest charged under the green deal plan....

          13. 13. A statement indicating whether the interest rate charged under the...

          14. 14. Where, in accordance with regulation 33(b) of the Framework Regulations,...

          15. 15. The estimated first year savings.

          16. 16. Where the green deal property is a domestic property, a...

          17. 17. Where the green deal property is a non-domestic property, a...

          18. 18. In respect of each improvement installed at the green deal...

          19. 19. A statement advising the person receiving the property report—

          20. 20. A statement indicating that— (a) the improvements installed under the...

          21. 21. A statement indicating that further information is contained in the...

          22. 22. Where the green deal provider knows or has reasonable cause...

          23. 23. Where the green deal provider knows or has reasonable cause...

       2. PART 2 Interpretation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       REVOCATIONS

42. Explanatory Note