Amendment of regulation 15
10. In regulation 15 (display energy certificates)—
(a)number the existing provision as paragraph (1);
(b)at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (2),”;
(c)after “display energy certificate” insert “issued under this regulation”;
(d)for subparagraph (a) substitute—
“(a)subject to regulation 16, show the operational rating of the building, calculated and expressed in accordance with the methodology approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 24 of the Building Regulations 2010, relating to the period of 12 months ending no earlier than three months before the nominated date;”;
(e)in subparagraph (b) for “expressed” substitute “shown”;
(f)in subparagraph (c) for “such as a current legal standard or benchmark” substitute “in order to make it possible to compare and assess the energy performance of the building”; and
(g)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(2) This regulation does not apply to a display energy certificate issued under regulation 15A.”.