PART 2Duties relating to Energy Performance Certificates
F1Energy performance certificates in respect of excluded buildings9A
1
This regulation applies where—
a
a building in relation to which an energy performance certificate is requested to be issued is an excluded building; and
b
the person who requests the energy performance certificate—
i
notifies the energy assessor (whether in writing or otherwise) that the building is an excluded building; and
ii
requests (whether in writing or otherwise) that the energy performance certificate is issued under this regulation.
2
An energy performance certificate issued under this regulation must—
a
comply with the requirements set out in subparagraphs (a) to (e) of regulation 9(1), other than the requirement in subparagraph (e)(i) (reference number under which data entered onto register); and
b
be valid for the purposes of this Part in accordance with paragraph (4).
3
An energy performance certificate must not contain any information or data (except the address of the building) from which a living individual (other than the energy assessor or energy assessor’s employer) can be identified.
4
An energy performance certificate issued under this regulation is only valid for the purposes of this Part if—
a
it was issued no more than 10 years before the date on which it is made available; and
b
no other energy performance certificate for the building has since been issued under this regulation or entered onto the register.
4
Where this regulation applies, the energy assessor must not enter any data relating to the building onto the register.
5
Certification for building units may be based—
a
for a non-residential building, on a common certification of the whole building for blocks with a common heating system; or
b
on the assessment of another representative building unit in the same block.
6
Certification for a building which consists of a single dwelling may be based on the assessment of another representative building of similar design and size with a similar actual energy performance quality if such correspondence is guaranteed by the energy assessor issuing the energy performance certificate.