These Regulations amend the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 in relation to various requirements related to energy performance certificates and recommendation reports. The principal regulations implement Articles 7 (energy performance certificate), and 10 (independent experts) of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the Energy Performance of Buildings.
The amendments relate to:
- Providing access to the register of energy performance certificates and associated documents for local authorities and to allow disclosures of the information contained in it by and to those authorities. This is to ensure that local authorities can carry out their duty to enforce those parts of the building regulations which provide for energy performance certificates on construction.
- Different fees for entering different types of document on the register.
- Inserting transitional arrangements which last until a building is taken off the market or until 1st October 2008, whichever occurs first. It provides that, for future phases, no energy performance certificate need be made available for buildings which are on the market at the date of commencement of the requirement for so long as they are continuously marketed. An exemption also applies if buildings are put back on the market following withdrawal or rejection of an offer within 28 days. An energy performance certificate must be requested when contracts are entered into for a sale or rental of such a building and supplied to the new owner when received.

The full text of the Regulations can be accessed from:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080647_en_1

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk  (accessed 03/04/08)

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