PART 7E+WEnforcement

Power to require production of documentsE+W

35.—(1) An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may require a person who appears to him to be or to have been subject to any of the duties under regulation 6 [F1, 7A], 14(3), 18(1) or 20F2... to produce for inspection a copy of—

(a)a valid energy performance certificate;

(b)a recommendation report; or

(c)an inspection report.

(2) An authorised officer of an enforcement authority may require a person who appears to him to have been subject to the duty under regulation 7(3) to produce for inspection a copy of any request made in accordance with regulation 7(6)(d).

(3) The powers conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2) include power to take copies of any document produced for inspection.

(4) A requirement under this regulation may not be imposed more than six months after the last day on which the person concerned was subject to such a duty in relation to the building.

(5) It is the duty of a person subject to such a requirement to comply with it within the period of seven days beginning with the day after that on which it is imposed.

(6) A person is not required to comply with such a requirement if he has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirement.

F3(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .