Part 1

Energy efficiency
CHAPTER 1

Green deal

Disclosure of green deal plan etc

Disclosure of green deal plan etc in connection with sale or letting out
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1
This section applies where—
a
a green deal property, or a lease of such a property, is to be sold, or
b
a green deal property is to be let out—
i
under a tenancy or licence agreement, and
ii
on the basis that the prospective tenant or licensee is to be liable for paying the energy bills for the property.
2
The seller or prospective landlord or licensor must, in relation to the document, or each document, required to be produced or updated as mentioned in section 8(4)—
a
obtain the document or, if the requirement to produce or update the document has not yet been complied with, produce a document containing the same information in connection with the green deal plan as that document would have contained, and
b
provide the document free of charge to any prospective buyer, tenant or licensee at the specified time.
3
An obligation under subsection (2) may be discharged by an agent.
4
For the purposes of subsection (2) a person becomes a prospective buyer, tenant or licensee in relation to a property when the person—
a
requests any information about the property from the seller, prospective landlord or licensor or an agent for the purpose of deciding whether to buy or let the property,
b
makes a request to view the property for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a), or
c
makes an offer, whether oral or written, to buy or let the property.
5
For the purposes of this section—
a
an agent is a person acting on behalf of a seller or prospective landlord or licensor in the sale or letting out of a property;
b
a property is a green deal property if there is a green deal plan in respect of the property and payments are still to be made under that plan;
c
specified, in relation to a time, means specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
6
The Secretary of State may make regulations specifying cases or circumstances in which subsection (2) does not apply.
S. 12 in force at 21.3.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/873, art. 3(1)(c)(2)
S. 12 in force at 28.1.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/125, art. 2(c)