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.