The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2012

Interpretation

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “asset rating” insert—

““authorised recipient” means a person or body specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1;”;

(b) after the definition of “dwelling” insert—

““electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1);”;

(c) after the definition of “enforcement authority” insert—

““excluded building” means—

(a)

a building owned, occupied or used from time to time by any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service. the Government Communications Headquarters or the Royal Family; or

(b)

used for the purpose of a prison or a young offenders institution (within the meaning of section 19(1)(b) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989(2));

“Framework Regulations” means the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012(3);

“green deal plan” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Energy Act 2011(4);

“green deal relevant person” means—

(a)

a person who is authorised to act as a green deal provider by virtue of the Framework Regulations;

(b)

a body specified or authorised for the purposes of section 3(1)(a) of the Energy Act 2011; or

(c)

a person who operates a scheme for the purposes of assessing whether persons are qualified to act as advisors in relation to green deal plans;””; and

(d) after the definition of “reference value” insert—

““report reference number” means the unique reference under which the energy performance data relating to an energy performance certificate for a building or building unit is entered onto the register;”.

(1)

2000 c.7 as amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).

(2)

1989 c.45 as amended by section 23(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7).

(3)

S.I. 2012/2079.

(4)

2011 c.16.