The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

Disclosure and acknowledgment in circumstances described in regulation 49

50.—(1) Where this regulation applies, G must—

(a) free of charge, provide H with—

(i) the disclosure document for the property; or

(ii) if the obligation in section 8(4) has not yet been complied with, a document containing the same information in connection with the green deal plan as the disclosure document would have contained; and

(b) secure that H acknowledges in writing that, as the bill payer at the property, H will be—

(i) liable to pay green deal instalments; and

(ii) bound by the terms of the green deal plan which bind a bill payer(1)(2).

(2) The requirement in paragraph (1)(a) must be satisfied—

(a) no later than seven days before the transaction or arrangement is to be entered into; or

(b) where compliance with sub-paragraph (a) is not practicable, as soon as practicable before the transaction or arrangement is to be entered into.

(3) The requirement in paragraph (1)(b) must be satisfied as soon as practicable before the transaction or arrangement is to be entered into.

(1)

The terms of the plan which bind a bill payer are set out in regulation 40.

(2)

In respect of England and Wales, the Secretary of State has prescribed the form that the acknowledgment required by this regulation must take. See the Green Deal (Acknowledgment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1661), which were made under section 15(3) of the Act. The Scottish Ministers have prescribed the form of acknowledgment for Scotland. See the Green Deal (Acknowledgment) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/214), which were made under section 15(4) of the Act.