The Department for Communities and Local Government is bringing in its proposed changes to the rules on the supply of Energy Performance Certificates from 6 April 2012. See The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2452). The changes are aimed at achieving better compliance, since compliance rates in England and Wales are poor. The regulations will, amongst other things, extend, to all buildings – commercial or residential – the requirement now applicable only in residential property cases to commission an EPC before marketing the property for sale or rent. Further, they will require the EPC to be provided with written particulars prepared for all buildings, whether offered for sale or for rent, and expand the powers of Trading Standards Officers so that they will be authorised to require that agents, not just landlords and building owners, produce evidence to demonstrate that an EPC has been commissioned.
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