Part 5Home information packs
Duties of a responsible person where a property is on the market
I1C1C2C3158Duty to ensure authenticity of documents in other situations
1
Where a responsible person provides a potential buyer with, or allows a potential buyer to inspect, any document purporting to be—
a
a copy of the home information pack for the property, or
b
a copy of a document (or part of a document) included in that pack,
the responsible person is under a duty to ensure that the document is authentic.
2
A document is not authentic for the purposes of subsection (1) unless, at the time when it is provided or inspected—
a
it is a copy of the home information pack for the property or a document (or part of a document) included in that pack, as the case may be; and
b
that pack or document complies with the requirements of any regulations under section 163.
3
In subsection (2) “the home information pack” means the pack intended by the responsible person to be the one required by section 155.
4
The duty under this section does not apply to anything provided in pursuance of the duty under section 156.