http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/309/regulation/13The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008texttext/xmlenBUILDING AND BUILDINGSStatute Law Database2024-05-15Expert Participation2017-10-01 These Regulations further transpose Article 7 (energy performance certificates), Article 3 (adoption of a methodology) and partially transpose Article 4(3) of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (“the Directive”) in Scotland. The Directive lays down requirements for the production of energy performance certificates when buildings are to be sold or rented out. The Regulations also provide for the display of certificates in public buildings. The term “building” is defined in Article 2 of the Directive. 131The keeper of a register may disclose energy performance data to an authorised recipient if all of the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.2The conditions are that—athe authorised recipient has made a request for one or more specific descriptions of data to the keeper;bthe request is made—iby means of a website operated by the keeper; oriiby electronic communication sent to an address or location specified by the keeper for the purpose of the receipt of such requests;cthe data does not include any information revealing the location of an excluded building (or any information from which the location of such a building can be deduced);cathe data does not include any—igreen deal information; oriiinformation revealing the report reference number relating to an energy performance certificate for a green deal property;dthe disclosure is made subject to—ithe condition that the data is to be used by the recipient solely for one or more of the purposes described in Part2 of Schedule 1; andii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ethe data does not relate only to a particular building or building unit.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4The keeper may refuse to disclose information under paragraph (1) where the person who requests the disclosure has previously failed to comply with a condition of the kind referred to in paragraph (2)(d).Reg. 13 substituted (21.12.2012) by The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/315), regs. 1, 6Reg. 13(2)(ca) inserted (27.1.2013) by The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/12), regs. 1, 9Reg. 13(3) omitted (19.12.2015) by virtue of The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/386), regs. 1, 2(4)Reg. 13(2)(d)(ii) omitted (19.12.2015) by virtue of The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/386), regs. 1, 2(4)