The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Registration of certificates etc E+W

31.—(1) The Secretary of State shall maintain one or more registers of the following documents—

(a) energy performance certificates and recommendation reports;

(b) display energy certificates; and

(c) advisory reports.

[F1 (2) An energy assessor who issues any of the documents referred to in paragraph (1) must ensure that the document, and the data which, in accordance with the methodology of calculation of the energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State under regulation [F2 24 of the Building Regulations 2010], was used to calculate any asset rating or operational rating, and to produce the document, is entered onto the relevant register before the assessor gives the document to the person who requested that it be issued.]

(3) Each document entered onto the register—

(a) shall be registered under a unique reference number; and

(b) shall not be altered once registered.

(4) Any document or data entered onto the register must be kept on the register for a period of at least 20 years beginning on the date on which it is entered onto the register.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 31(2) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2363), regs. 1(3), 2(5)

F2 Words in reg. 31(2) substituted (1.10.2010) by The Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 2(f) (with reg. 9)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 31 in force at 19.4.2007, see reg. 1(4), Sch. 1