The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 40(5) of the Energy Act 2011 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 0000

Energy Conservation

The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

Made

2012

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

A draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 40(5) of the Energy Act 2011(1)and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(2) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

To the extent required by section 40(8)(a) of the Energy Act 2011, the Scottish Ministers have given consent and in accordance with section 40(8)(b) they have been consulted.

The Welsh Ministers have been consulted in accordance with section 40(12) of the Energy Act 2011.

The Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament in accordance with section 38 of the Energy Act 2011.

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(3) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(4) in relation to services in the internal market.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and the following sections of the Energy Act 2011—

(a)

section 2(9) and (10);

(b)

section 3(1), (3) and (5) to (9);

(c)

section 4(1), (4), (5), (8) and (9);

(d)

section 5(1), (3) and (5);

(e)

section 6(1), (2), (4) and (5);

(f)

section 8(3) and (4);

(g)

section 13(1) and (2);

(h)

section 15(1) and (2);

(i)

section 16(1) and (2);

(j)

section 34(1) and (2);

(k)

section 35(2) to (4);

(l)

section 40(1).

(1)

2011 c.16.

(2)

1972 c.68; paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), sections 27(2)(a) and 33.

(3)

S.I. 2009/221.

(4)

Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1), and by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and Schedule, Part 1. Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under EU law in relation to devolved matters, the Secretary of State retains power to exercise such functions as regards Scotland.