reg 27 Registration of certificates etc
(1) Subject to paragraph (6), the Secretary of State shall maintain one or more registers of data from which the following documents may be produced— (a) energy performance certificates; (b) display energy certificates; ... (c) inspection reports ; and (d) recommendation reports (2) An energy assessor who issues a document referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) must ensure that the data which, in accordance with the methodology of calculation of the energy performance of buildings approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 24 of the Building Regulations 2010 , was used to calculate any asset rating or operational rating, and to produce the document, is entered onto the relevant register before the assessor gives the document to the person who requested that it be issued. (2A) Where an energy assessor issues an energy performance certificate relating to a green deal property, the data which the assessor must ensure is entered onto the relevant register in accordance with paragraph (2) includes the green deal information relating to that property. (3) An energy assessor who issues an inspection report must ensure that the data required by regulation 19(3) to be included in the report is entered onto the relevant register before the assessor gives the document to the relevant person. (4) Each set of data entered onto the register from which a particular document may be produced— (a) shall be registered under a unique reference number; and (b) subject to paragraph (4A) shall not be altered once registered. (4A) The green deal information entered onto the relevant register in respect of a green deal property may be altered in accordance with provision made under section 11(6) of the Energy Act 2011. (4B) An energy assessor who issues a recommendation report (whether as part of an energy performance certificate under regulation 9(1)(d) or as a separate document) must ensure that the data that is required to be included in the report by regulation 4(2) (recommendation reports) is entered onto the relevant register before the assessor gives the report to the person who requested that it be issued. (5) Any data entered on the register must be kept on the register for a period of at least 20 years beginning on the date on which it is entered onto the register. (6) This regulation does not apply to— (a) an energy performance certificate issued under regulation 9A (energy performance certificates in respect of excluded buildings); (b) a display energy certificate issued under regulation 15A (display energy certificates in respect of excluded buildings); (c) an inspection report issued under regulation 19A (inspection reports in respect of excluded buildings); or (d) a recommendation report to which paragraph (7) applies. (7) This paragraph applies to a recommendation report which— (a) is included in an energy performance certificate issued under regulation 9A (energy performance certificates in respect of excluded buildings); (b) is issued in relation to a building together with a display energy certificate issued in relation to that building under regulation 15A (display energy certificates in respect of excluded buildings).