Citation and commencement

1.  (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Efficiency (Building Renovation and Reporting) Regulations 2014.

(2) With the exception of regulation 4(b), these Regulations come into force on 30th April 2014.

(3) Regulation 4(b) comes into force on 5th June 2014.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations-

"building" means a roofed construction having walls, for which energy is used to condition the indoor climate;

"Commission" means the Commission of the European Union;

"Directive" means Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency;

"long-term strategy" means a strategy which extends beyond 2020;

"national energy efficiency action plan" means a written plan containing the information specified in-

"other competent authorities" means the-

Building renovation strategy

3.  (1)  The Secretary of State must by 30th April 2014, after consultation with the other competent authorities, establish and publish a long-term strategy for stimulating investment in the renovation of residential and commercial buildings in the United Kingdom (the "building renovation strategy").

(2) The building renovation strategy must contain the information specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of Article 4 of the Directive.

(3) A copy of the building renovation strategy must be included in the national energy efficiency action plan submitted to the Commission in accordance with regulation 5(a).

(4) Before the submission of each national energy efficiency action plan to the Commission in accordance with regulation 5(b), the Secretary of State must, after consultation with the other competent authorities, update the building renovation strategy.

(5) A copy of the updated building renovation strategy must be included in the national energy efficiency action plans submitted to the Commission in accordance with regulation 5(b).

Annual reports and statistics

4.  The Secretary of State must by 30th April each year, after consultation with the other competent authorities, submit to the Commission-

(a)a written report containing the information specified in Part 1 of Annex XIV to the Directive; and

(b)the statistics referred to in Article 24(6) of the Directive and generated in accordance with Annexes I and II to the Directive.

National energy efficiency action plans

5.  The Secretary of State must, after consultation with the other competent authorities, submit to the Commission a national energy efficiency action plan-

(a)by 30th April 2014; and

(b)by 30th April in every third year thereafter.

Duty to review

6.  (1)  The Secretary of State must from time to time-

(a)carry out a review of the operation and effect of these Regulations;

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Articles 4 and 24 of the Directive are transposed in other Member States.

(3) The report must in particular-

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

(d)where the objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be more effectively achieved.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published by 29th April 2019.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations transpose Articles 4 and 24 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC.

Regulation 3 requires the Secretary of State, after consultation with the other competent authorities, to establish and update a long-term building renovation strategy and to submit copies of the strategy to the Commission.

Regulation 4 requires the Secretary of State, after consultation with the other competent authorities, to produce annual reports and statistics and submit these to the Commission.

Regulation 5 requires the Secretary of State, after consultation with the other competent authorities, to submit national energy efficiency action plans to the Commission.

Regulation 6 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report by 29th April 2019.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. A transposition note is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk .