Building regulations relating to emissions and use of fuel and power E+W

14 Report regarding compliance E+W

(1) The Secretary of State—

(a) must, not later than 6 months after this section comes into force, lay before Parliament a report as mentioned in subsection (2), and

(b) may from time to time lay further such reports before Parliament.

(2) A report under this section is a report on what, if any, steps—

(a) he has taken during the reporting period, or

(b) he proposes to take,

with a view to securing a greater incidence of compliance with relevant provisions of building regulations.

(3) In this section—

• “reporting period” means the period specified in the report as the period to which the report relates;

• “relevant provision”, in relation to building regulations, means a provision of building regulations which is in force at any time during the reporting period and which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, was made—

  (a)

  for the purpose of furthering the conservation of fuel and power, or otherwise in connection with the use of fuel and power, or

  (b)

  for the purpose of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.