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7 | Energy requirements of buildings |
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Planning authorities may set targets in their development plans in respect of |
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the proportion of the buildings’ energy requirements on a building site to be |
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supplied by renewable sources. |
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8 | Energy efficiency of houses in multiple occupation |
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(1) | Any scheme for licensing houses in multiple occupation (“HMO”) established |
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pursuant to any legislation passed on or after 1st January 2004 shall— |
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(a) | in the case of any scheme that has not been established at the time of the |
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passing of this Act include; or |
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(b) | in the case of any scheme that has been established at the time of the |
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passing of this Act be amended to include |
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| as a condition of the licence, provisions for a minimum standard of energy |
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efficiency required in any HMO for which a licence is required and a date by |
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which that standard shall be reached. |
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(2) | Different dates may be set for different HMOs. |
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(3) | For the purposes of this section the term “houses in multiple occupation” has |
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the same meaning as in any scheme to which this section applies. |
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There shall be payable out of money provided by Parliament— |
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(a) | any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence or by virtue |
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(b) | any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so |
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provided under any other Act. |
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10 | Short title, commencement and extent |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004. |
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(2) | Sections 2(7), 3(4) and 4, and the Schedule to this Act, shall come into force on |
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such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument |
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appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes. |
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(3) | The other provisions of this Act shall come into force at the end of the period |
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of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed. |
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(4) | This Act extends to England and Wales only. |
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