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Make
further provision about energy efficiency and microgeneration in
public
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sector buildings; and for connected
purposes.
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same, as follows:—
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Procurement
of public sector buildings
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A Minister of the Crown must,
when procuring any commercial building for
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any executive agency or non-departmental
public body for which he is
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ensure that the building has an energy efficiency rating of A or
B, calculated on
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the basis of information obtained
within the previous 12 months, and in
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accordance with the energy rating
system used for the purposes of an energy
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“commercial building”
means a building procured for use as office
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accommodation pursuant to the
Town and Country Planning Acts or
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any statutory instrument made
under those Acts;
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“energy performance certificate”
means a certificate issued in accordance
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with Regulation 11 of the Energy
Performance of Buildings (Certificates
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and Inspections) (England and
Wales) Regulations (SI 2007/991);
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“procure” means
rent, lease, purchase or acquire through a private
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developer scheme, a public private
partnership, private finance
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initiative or similar arrangement.
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