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Summary

A number of documents have been removed from this site because they are obsolete and have been replaced by updated versions.

This publication provides guidance to landlords in the social and private rented sectors understand their responsilbity for making Energy Performance Certificates available when renting a property.

The guidance will help landlords to understand:

• the basic legal requirements relating to EPCs
• the situations for which EPCs will be required
• at which point a dwelling may require an EPC, how to obtain an EPC and how long the EPC can be expected to be valid for
• what an EPC will contain and what the tenant will receive
• the implications for the validity of the EPC if the dwelling's energy effi ciency is improved

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