http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/208/regulation/6The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2012texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseBUILDING AND BUILDINGS2024-05-15Expert Participation2012-12-21 The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2012 amend the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”). The 2008 Regulations transposed the provisions 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) (“the 2002 Directive”). The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2012RegulationsThe Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025sch. 2reg. 32 38reg. 1(3) 6After regulation 5 (energy performance certificates on sale or rent) insert—5A1Subject to paragraph (2), where a building or building unit is offered for sale or let, the owner of the building or building unit must ensure that any advertisement in commercial media offering the building or building unit for sale or let, as the case may be, states the energy performance indicator for that building or building unit.2Where—aa building unit is offered for sale or let; andbthe energy performance certificate for that building unit is based on certification in accordance with regulation 6(4),the advertisement in commercial media may state the energy performance indicator included in that certificate.3In this regulation “advertisement in commercial media” means any of the following:—aan advertisement in a newspaper or a magazine;ban advertisement transmitted electronically, including by means of the internet; orcan advertisement by way of written particulars of a building or building unit.4In this regulation “written particulars” means—ain relation to a building or building unit to be sold, any written description of the property which includes at least two of the following—ia photograph of the building or building unit or any room in the building or building unit;iia floor plan of the building or building unit;iiithe size of the rooms in the building or building unit; orivthe measured area of the building or building unit; andbin relation to a building or building unit to be let, any written description of the property which includes at least two of the following—ia photograph of the building or building unit or any room in the building or building unit;iia floor plan of the building or building unit;iiithe size of the rooms in the building or building unit; orivthe proposed rent,and reference to written particulars or a written description includes particulars or a description given or made available electronically..