Summary of enforcement provisions
The main features of the enforcement provisions are as follows.
1. It is the duty of every local weights and measures authority to enforce the EPC, DEC and air-conditioning inspection duties it its area. (regulation 38).
2. They have power to require a person to produce within seven days an EPC and recommendation report, [...]

Energy certificates rate the energy performance of a building on a scale from A to G. Three types of energy certificate are required in different circumstances:

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for domestic buildings

When they are constructed, sold or rented out

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for non-domestic buildings when they are constructed, sold or rented out; [...]

What is the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD)?
Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings came into force on 4 January 2003, and the provisions which relate to EPCs, DECs and air-conditioning inspection reports must be transposed no later than 4 January 2009. The aim of the directive is to promote [...]