The Government are now expecting to get Royal Assent for the Energy Bill, including the primary legislation for the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation, early in the autumn.
Included in the Energy Bill are a number of changes to the EPC rules and regulations which are likely to be implemented in October 11.
The main points that will be implemented are:-
EPC will be required within 7 days of commencement of marketing
Trading Standards Officers are to be given more powers to request and enforce the EPC from agents and landlords/vendors
The agents in both the residential and commercial market will be responsible for ensuring the EPC is available (currently this is not the case in the commercial market)
The requirement to add the EPC to marketing material including the sales particulars, however, this point is likely to be delayed for further consultation in terms of what represents marketing materials, for example does online portal advertising, sales and letting boards class as marketing materials. In addition updates to the EPC software may mean that an abbreviated version would be available to use on marketing materials.
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