http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/16/section/3/2012-03-21Energy Act 2011An Act to make provision for the arrangement and financing of energy efficiency improvements to be made to properties by owners and occupiers; about the energy efficiency of properties in the private rented sector; about the promotion by energy companies of reductions in carbon emissions and home-heating costs; about information relating to energy consumption, efficiency and tariffs; for increasing the security of energy supplies; about access to upstream petroleum infrastructure and downstream gas processing facilities; about a special administration regime for energy supply companies; about designations under the Continental Shelf Act 1964; about licence modifications relating to offshore transmission and distribution of electricity; about the security of nuclear construction sites; about the decommissioning of nuclear sites and offshore infrastructure; for the use of pipelines for carbon capture and storage; for an annual report on contribution to carbon emissions reduction targets; for action relating to the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in England; for the generation of electricity from renewable sources; about renewable heat incentives in Northern Ireland; about the powers of the Coal Authority; for an amendment of section 137 of the Energy Act 2004; for the amendment and repeal of measures relating to home energy efficiency; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-12-16Expert Participation2012-03-21 Part 1 CHAPTER 131The Secretary of State must by regulations establish a scheme making provision for the Secretary of State—ato authorise persons to act as green deal assessors, green deal providers or green deal installers in connection with green deal plans (either individually or through membership of a body specified in, or authorised under, the scheme);bto regulate the conduct of those assessors, providers or installers (“green deal participants”).2Regulations under subsection (1) are referred to in this Chapter as “the framework regulations”.3The scheme established by the framework regulations may, in particular, make provision—arequiring the payment of a fee in connection with initial or continued authorisation under the scheme;bfor the establishment and maintenance of a register of green deal participants and of persons from whom authorisation under the scheme has been withdrawn;crequiring green deal participants to provide the information required under the scheme;dfor the issuing, revision or revocation of a code of practice;erequiring green deal participants to comply with the code of practice as a condition of their authorisation;frequiring green deal providers to enter into an agreement with the holder of a licence under section 7 or 7A of the Gas Act 1986 (gas transporter, shipper or supply licences) or section 6(1)(c) or (d) of the Electricity Act 1989 (electricity distributor and supply licences) and to comply with that agreement as a condition of their authorisation;grequiring that an agreement mentioned in paragraph (f) be approved by the Secretary of State before being entered into;hfor securing compliance with any condition or any other requirement of the scheme, code or agreement;ias to the consequences of non-compliance with any such condition or requirement.4The code of practice issued for the purposes of the scheme may, in particular, make provision—aas to the qualification and training of green deal participants;bas to their handling of queries or complaints;crequiring green deal participants to have such arrangements for insurance as are specified in the code;das to the payment of green deal assessors by green deal providers or green deal installers and the payment of green deal installers by green deal providers;eas to the circumstances in which green deal assessors may charge customers for qualifying assessments of properties and as to the amount of any such charge;frequiring green deal assessors to act with impartiality;gas to the provision of information by green deal providers to improvers and bill payers and prospective improvers and bill payers;has to marketing in connection with green deal plans.5The code may include provision for regulating a body specified or authorised for the purposes of subsection (1)(a).6The scheme and the code may make different provision for different circumstances or cases or for different purposes.7The provision made by the scheme or code in relation to green deal participants may also extend to matters in connection with any energy plans which are not green deal plans.8The provision made for the purposes of subsection (3)(h) or (i) may, in particular, include provision enabling the Secretary of State to—acancel any liability to pay for a qualifying assessment of a property;brequire a green deal provider to suspend or cancel the liability of a bill payer to make payments under a green deal plan;crequire a green deal participant to rectify a qualifying energy improvement or its installation;drequire a green deal participant to pay compensation or a financial penalty;ewithdraw, or require a body specified or authorised for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) to withdraw, an authorisation to act as a green deal participant;fwithdraw authorisation from a body authorised for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) as a body whose members are authorised to act as green deal participants.9For the purposes of this section references to a qualifying assessment are to an energy efficiency assessment which meets the requirements specified in the framework regulations and deals with such other matters as may be so specified.10This section is without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by other provisions of this Chapter to make provision in or under the framework regulations.11In this Chapter references to a code of practice include references to a code of practice which has been revised by virtue of subsection (3)(d).S. 3 in force at 21.3.2012 by S.I. 2012/873, art. 2(a)(i)