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(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.
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