The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Prospective buyer or tenant

  3. PART 2 DUTIES TO PRODUCE ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

    1. 4.Application of Part 2

    2. 5.Energy performance certificates on sale and rent

    3. 5A.Energy performance indicator on marketing

    4. 6.Energy performance certificates on construction

    5. 7.Recommendation reports

    6. 8.Energy performance certificates

    7. 8A.Display of energy performance certificates

    8. 9.Production of copies of energy performance certificates

    9. 10.Purposes for which certificates and recommendation reports may be disclosed

  4. PART 3 DISPLAY ENERGY CERTIFICATES

    1. 11.Duties relating to display energy certificates and advisory reports

    2. 12.Display energy certificates

    3. 13.First occupier or change of occupier

  5. PART 4 INSPECTION OF AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

    1. 14.Application of Part 4

    2. 15.Inspection of air-conditioning systems

    3. 16.Inspection reports

    4. 17.Keeping of records etc.

    5. 18.Changes of relevant person

  6. PART 5 ENERGY ASSESSORS

    1. 19.Accreditation schemes

    2. 20.Related party disclosures

    3. 21.Duty of care

    4. 22.Right to copy documents

    5. 23.Meaning of energy assessment

  7. PART 6 REGISTER OF DOCUMENTS

    1. 24.Interpretation of Part 6

    2. 25.Registration of certificates etc.

    3. 25A.Fees for entering data onto the register

    4. 26.Disclosures generally

    5. 27.Disclosures with reference number

    6. 27A.Disclosures with address

    7. 28.Disclosures to approved accreditation schemes

    8. 29.Disclosures to enforcement authorities

    9. 30.Disclosures to the Department

  8. PART 7 ENFORCEMENT

    1. 31.Enforcement authorities

    2. 32.Power to require production of documents

    3. 33.Penalty charge notices

    4. 34.Defence where an energy performance certificate is unobtainable

    5. 35.Penalty amount

    6. 36.Reviews

    7. 37.Appeals to the county court

    8. 38.Recovery of penalty charges

    9. 39.Service of documents

    10. 40.Offences relating to enforcement officers

  9. PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 41.Application to the Crown

    2. 42.Duty to cooperate

    3. 43.Amendments to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      Commencement

  12. Explanatory Note