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The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007

Certification

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-05-11

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

These Regulations prescribe the documents to be included in home information packs and the circumstances in which they are included (Parts 1 to 5 of the Regulations). They provide for exceptions and enforcement (Parts 6 and 7) and make further provision in relation to home condition reports (Parts 8 and 9). The duties to have a home information pack which complies with these Regulations are found in sections 155 to 159 of the Housing Act 2004 (“the home information pack duties”). The Regulations apply in England and Wales.

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The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007

PART 1

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation – general provisions

3Interpretation – first point of marketing

PART 2

4Required, authorised and excluded documents

5The home information pack

6Copies of a home information pack

7Comprehension of documents

PART 3

8Required pack documents

9Authorised pack documents

10Creation of interests

11Prohibitions relating to home condition reports

12Exclusion of advertising information

PART 4

13Order of pack documents

14Time at which pack documents are to be included

15Age of pack documents when first included

16Energy information unobtainable before or at the first point of marketing

17Documents required within 28 days of the first point of marketing

18Requests for documents under this Part

19Delivery of documents under this Part

20Required pack documents which are completely unobtainable

PART 5

21Updating of required pack documents

22Updating of predicted energy assessment

23Updating of authorised pack documents

24Seller’s check of the home information pack

PART 6

25Meaning of “non-residential premises”

26Exclusion from meaning of “non-residential premises”

27Exception for seasonal and holiday accommodation

28Exception for mixed sales

29Exception for dual use of a dwelling-house

30Exception for portfolios of properties

31Exception for unsafe properties

32Exception for properties to be demolished

33Exception – properties marketed before the commencement date

34Exception – first day marketing during a temporary period

PART 7

35Amount of penalty charge

36Exclusion of penalty charge for content of pack documents

PART 8

37Approval of certification schemes

38Terms of approved certification schemes

39Withdrawal of approval from certification schemes

PART 9

CHAPTER 1

40Interpretation of this Part

CHAPTER 2

41Registration of home condition reports

42Retention of home condition reports

43Restrictions on disclosure by the keeper of the register in pursuance of a seller’s instructions

44Other registers

CHAPTER 3

45Section 157 conditions

46Suspicion of unauthorised use

47Commercial use by the keeper of the register

48Responsibility for proving purposes of disclosure

49Responsibility for proving agency

50Possession of report reference number

CHAPTER 4

51Internal processing of information

52Sellers and their agents

53Potential buyers and their advisers

54Mortgage lenders or automated valuation suppliers

55Approved certification schemes or complaints against home inspectors

56Enforcement officers

57Office of Fair Trading

58Information from which no particular property is identifiable

59Disclosures for the purposes of the 2004 Act or these Regulations

60Prevention of crime

61Legal proceedings and court orders

CHAPTER 5

62Fees

SCHEDULE 1Home information pack index

1Required matters

2Authorised matters

SCHEDULE 2Predicted energy assessment

SCHEDULE 3Sale statement

SCHEDULE 4Commonhold information

1Required commonhold documents

2Required commonhold information

3Authorised commonhold information

4Creation of commonhold interests

SCHEDULE 5Leasehold information

1Required leasehold documents

2Required leasehold information

3Authorised leasehold information

4Creation of leasehold interests

SCHEDULE 6General provision about searches and search reports

PART 1All search reports (other than official search certificate of the local land charges register)

1General requirements

2Additional search information

3Unavailable search results

PART 2Specific required search reports

4Access to local authority records

5Terms for the preparation of required searches

6Third party contractual rights in relation to search reports

7Insurance cover for third party contractual rights

8Permitted limit on liability for financial loss

9Inclusion of additional or more favourable terms for required search reports

10Less favourable terms

11Required searches by another name

SCHEDULE 7Local enquiries

3Planning and building decisions and pending applications

4Planning designations and proposals

5Roads

6Land required for public purposes

7Land to be acquired for road works

8Drainage agreements and consents

9Nearby road schemes

10Nearby railway schemes

11Traffic schemes

12Outstanding notices

13Contravention of building regulations

14Notices, orders, directions and proceedings under Planning Acts

15Conservation areas

16Compulsory purchase

17Contaminated land

18Radon gas

SCHEDULE 8Drainage and water enquiries

PART 1General

1Interpretation

2Enquiries and responses

PART 2Enquiries and responses

3Public sewer map

4Foul water

5Surface water

6Public adoption of sewers and lateral drains

7Public sewers within the boundaries of the property

8Public sewers near to the property

9Building over a public sewer, disposal main or drain

10Map of waterworks

11Adoption of water mains and service pipes

12Sewerage and water undertakers

13Connection to mains water supply

14Water mains, resource mains or discharge pipes

15Current basis for sewerage and water charges

16Charges following change of occupation

17Surface water drainage charges

18Water meters

19Sewerage bills

20Water bills

21Risk of flooding due to overloaded public sewers

22Risk of low water pressure or flow

23Water quality analysis

24Authorised departures from water quality standards

25Sewage treatment works

SCHEDULE 9Home condition report

1Home condition reports

2Terms for the preparation of a home condition report

3Third party contractual rights in relation to home condition reports

4Inclusion of additional or more favourable terms for home condition reports

5Less favourable terms

6Completion of home condition reports by home inspectors

7Conduct of inspections

8Prohibition on personal and security information

SCHEDULE 10Additional relevant information

2007 No. 1667

housing, england and wales

The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007

Made8th June 2007

Laid before Parliament11th June 2007

Coming into force2nd July 2007

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 161, 163, 164, 165 and 250(2) of, and paragraphs 2 and 11(b) of Schedule 8 to, the Housing Act 20041.

In accordance with section 250(3) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the National Assembly for Wales in relation to residential properties in Wales.