PART 2Tenants’ energy efficiency improvements
CHAPTER 3Exemptions
Consent exemption15
Regulations 10(1) and 11(1) do not require a landlord, or a superior landlord (as the case may be), to consent to the making of a relevant energy efficiency improvement specified in a tenant’s request where, despite reasonable efforts by the landlord, or the superior landlord (as the case may be), any third party consent has been—
a
refused, or
b
granted subject to a condition with which the landlord, or the superior landlord (as the case may be), cannot reasonably comply.
Devaluation exemption16
Regulations 10(1) and 11(1) do not require a landlord, or a superior landlord (as the case may be), to consent to the making of—
a
a relevant energy efficiency improvement, or
b
a combination of two or more relevant energy efficiency improvements,
specified in a tenant’s request where a report prepared by an independent surveyor states that the relevant energy efficiency improvement, or combination of relevant energy efficiency improvements (as the case may be), would result in a reduction of more than 5% in the market value of the domestic PR property, or of the building of which it forms part.