PART 8Miscellaneous
Application to the Crown
44.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations, other than regulation 45(2)(a), bind the Crown.
(2) No act or omission by or on behalf of the Crown shall constitute an offence or make the Crown liable to a penalty charge notice under these Regulations, but the High Court may, on the application of an enforcement authority, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes a contravention of these Regulations.
Duty to cooperate
45.—(1) This regulation applies where these Regulations impose a duty on a person to—
(a)make available, give or display an energy performance certificate or a display energy certificate in relation to a building; or
(b)ensure an air-conditioning system is inspected.
(2) It shall be the duty of every person with an interest in, or in occupation of, the building to—
(a)allow such access to any energy assessor appointed by the person referred to in paragraph (1) (“the responsible person”) as is reasonably necessary to inspect the building for the purposes of—
(i)preparing an energy performance certificate;
(ii)preparing a display energy certificate;
(iii)preparing a recommendation report; or
(iv)inspecting an air-conditioning system; and
(b)cooperate with the responsible person so far as is reasonably necessary to enable him to comply with the duty referred to in paragraph (1).
Revocations
46. The Regulations specified in the first column of the table in Schedule 3 are revoked to the extent specified in relation to each in the third column of that table.
Review
47.—(1) Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings of 19th May 2010 (recast) is implemented in other member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(4) “Review period” means—
(a)the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force; and
(b)subject to paragraph (5), each successive period of five years.
(5) If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published.