The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st October 2012.
Amendment of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 20082.
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 M2 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 11.
Interpretation3.
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)
omit the definition of “associated data”;
(b)
““energy performance data” means information needed to produce an energy performance certificate or a recommendations report;”; and
(c)
““recommendations report” has the meaning given in regulation 6A;”.
Energy performance certificates on sale or rentF14.
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Energy performance certificatesF25.
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Recommendations reportF36.
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Registration of certificates7.
“Registration of energy performance data10.
(1)
There must be one or more registers of energy performance data from which the following documents may be produced—
(a)
an energy performance certificate; and
(b)
a recommendations report.
(2)
Each register referred to in paragraph (1) shall be maintained by a keeper.
(3)
A register may be maintained for different purposes or for different classes of buildings F4or building units.
(4)
Where a member of an approved organisation issues any document referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), that person must ensure that the energy performance data relating to that document is sent to the relevant register before the document is issued.
(5)
Any energy performance data entered onto a register—
(a)
must be registered under a unique reference; and
(b)
must not be altered once registered.
(6)
Any energy performance data entered onto a register must be kept on the register for a period of at least 10 years beginning on the date on which it is entered onto the register.”
Disclosures generally8.
“11.
The keeper of a register may only disclose any—
(a)
energy performance data;
(b)
any document produced from that data; and
(c)
any information derived from that data,
if authorised by regulation 12 or 13.”.
Disclosures to approved organisationF59.
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Disclosures to enforcement authorities and/or the Scottish MinistersF610.
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Use of information by the Scottish Ministers and/or the keeper of the registerF711.
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St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”). The 2008 Regulations require the production of energy performance certificates when buildings are to be sold or rented out.
These Regulations partially transpose for Scotland Article 11 (energy performance certificates) of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.06.2010, p.13) (“the 2010 Directive”). The 2010 Directive is a recast of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 1, 04.01.2003, p.65.
Article 11(4) of the 2010 Directive states that energy performance certificates shall provide an indication as to where the owner or tenant can receive more detailed information on the cost effectiveness of the energy performance certificate. Regulations 3 to 6 of these Regulations provide a vehicle for this information to be provided to owners and tenants by means of a recommendations report.
Regulations 7 to 11 amend the provisions on the registration of energy performance certificates in order that it is now data rather than the certificate itself that must be entered on to the Register. From 1st October 2012, the energy performance certificate and the recommendations report will be produced from the data held on this Register.