The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

Disclosure of bulk access dataE+W

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31.—(1) The keeper of the register may disclose—

(a)bulk access data which relates solely to a display energy certificate to any person if the condition in paragraph (2)(c) is met;

(b)other bulk access data to an authorised recipient if all of the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that—

(a)the authorised recipient has made a request for one or more specific descriptions of data to the keeper;

(b)the request was made in writing, or by electronic communication sent to an address or location specified by the keeper for the purpose of the receipt of such requests;

(c)the authorised recipient (other than one falling within paragraph (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of the definition of that term in regulation 2 has paid a fee to the keeper, in the amount determined in accordance with regulation 33;

(d)the data is disclosed in summary form and does not include any information revealing the location of an excluded building (or any information from which the location of such a building can be deduced), or revealing the address or postcode of an identifiable person where an opt-out has effect under regulation 30;

(e)the disclosure is made subject to the condition that the data is to be used by the recipient solely for one or more of the purposes described in Part 1 of Schedule 1;F1...

(f)the disclosure is made subject to the conditions set out in Part 2 of that Schedule. [F2; and

(g)the data does not include any—

(i)green deal information; or

(ii)information revealing the report reference number for an energy performance certificate relating to a green deal property.]

(3) The keeper of the register may refuse to disclose information under paragraph (1)(b) where the person who requests the disclosure has previously failed to comply with a condition of the kind referred to in paragraph (2)(e) or (f).

(4) In this regulation, “excluded building” has the same meaning as in regulation 30.

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