The Home Information Pack (No. 2) Regulations 2007

Terms for the preparation of a home condition report

2.  A home inspector must prepare a home condition report on the following terms without exclusion or limitation—

(a) that the report will be prepared with reasonable care and skill;

(b) that the home inspector will provide in the report an objective opinion about the condition of the property;

(c) that such an opinion will be based on his inspection;

(d) that the home inspector will identify in the report such conditions within the property as appear to—

(i) be defects that are serious or require urgent attention, or both;

(ii) give rise to a need for repair or replacement; or

(iii) give rise to further investigation;

(e) that a responsible person may copy or issue a copy of the report for the purposes of—

(i) regulations 5, 6, 9(a) and 24; and

(ii) section 156(1), (2) and (11) of the 2004 Act; and

(f) that any person may do one or more of the following for the purposes of a disclosure or other act authorised by Part 9—

(i) copy a report;

(ii) issue a copy of a report;

(iii) rent or lend a report;

(iv) communicate a report; or

(v) make an adaptation of a report or do any of the above in relation to an adaptation.