HIPS have been suspended with immediate effect!
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) are still required and are now valid for 10 years
You can read the CLG Press statement here.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/1591783
In order to ensure that people selling their homes continue to make an EPC available to prospective buyers, the Government has laid before Parliament the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 which introduce a number of new requirements including:-
a) A new duty on the seller to ensure that an EPC has been commissioned before marketing of the property commences where no such certificate is already available
b) An EPC has been commissioned when a DEA has been instructed to prepare the EPC and the EPC has either been paid for or has given a clear undertaking to pay for it c) c) A new duty on the person acting on behalf of the seller to be satisfied that an EPC has been commissioned before commencing marketing d) d) A new duty on both the seller and a person acting on their behalf to make reasonable efforts to secure an EPC within 28 days e) e) All of the new duties carry fixed penalties where somebody fails in the duty conferred on them by the new regulations
What Does A Certificate Look Like?
 Click here to view a sample.
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