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Energy Performance Certificates for Scottish commercial property: obligations on sale/letting, marketing and display, exemptions, penalties, AEP Regs 2016 action plans, and transition to EPC Regulations 2025 (effective 2026)

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The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025, SSI 2025/417 (EPC Regs 2025) repeal and supersede the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008, SSI 2008/309 (EPC Regs 2008), refreshing Scotland’s energy performance regime for all buildings. Regulations 11 and 12 of the EPC Regs 2025 take effect from 1 January 2026 to permit the approval of organisations and accreditation schemes, with the remainder commencing on 31 October 2026. Under the EPC Regs 2025, owners of non-domestic properties must supply valid Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Property Reports on sale or lease, and include EPC ratings in advertisements. Developers are required to provide EPCs and reports to owners within seven days of completion, and EPCs must be exhibited in qualifying public buildings. A new national energy performance register, revised assessment methods and local authority enforcement powers (including penalties up to £1,000) will be introduced to bolster transparency and compliance. How do EPCs apply to commercial property in Scotland? This Practice Note considers how the EPC Regs 2008, SSI 2008/309 (as amended) apply to commercial property in Scotland. The EPC Regs 2008 require...

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Rachel Oliphant

Pinsent Masons

Rachel is a senior practice development lawyer for the Scottish property team at Pinsent Masons and is senior tutor in conveyancing on the Diploma in Legal Practice at The University of Edinburgh. After practising as a commercial property solicitor in England (at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) and then in Scotland (at McGrigor Donald which she joined in 1995) Rachel became one of the first property professional support lawyers in Scotland in 2001. Rachel's transactional experience was in property development particularly retail development in both England and Scotland. In her current role at Pinsent Masons Rachel is responsible for keeping the property lawyers up to date on changes in property law and market practice, creating and maintaining precedents and organising and delivering training to ensure that the lawyers in the team are fully-equipped with the necessary technical excellence and skills to deliver a...

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