S.L. 623.1 Art. 29Registers held by the Building and Construction Authority.

(1) The Building and Construction Authority shall establish, operate and maintain:

(a) a register of EPB assessors, an EPC register comprising EPCs and related advisory reports, EPC data files and related data or documents; and

(b) a register for inspectors of heating or air-conditioning systems, a register of inspection reports for heating or air-conditioning systems; and

(c) any other register that the Building and Construction Authority considers relevant and necessary.

(2) Any register established under sub-regulation (1) may be held in non-legible form provided it is capable of being reproduced in legible form.

(3) Each register established under sub-regulation (1) shall be a public record and shall be kept under the management of the Building and Construction Authority.

(3a) In the EPC register, an EPC shall be registered as a single record, together with the related advisory report, with an EPC registration number that for monitoring and verification purposes shall be identifiable to the unique registration number of the EPB assessor who issued and registered that same EPC:

Provided that in accordance with regulation 25, only registered EPB assessors may access the EPC register to calculate, generate and register EPCs and related advisory reports, with the approved calculation methods and software in accordance with regulation 21.

(3b) In the register of inspection reports for heating or air-conditioning systems an inspection report shall be registered as a single record, with an inspection report registration number that for monitoring and verification purposes shall be identifiable to the unique registration number of the inspector of heating or air-conditioning systems who issued and registered that same inspection report:

Provided that in accordance to regulation 26, only registered inspectors of heating or air-conditioning systems may access the register of inspection reports for heating and air-conditioning systems to register inspection reports carried out in accordance with regulation 21.

(4) In relation to the registers established under sub-regulation (1), the following access rights shall apply:

(a) extracts from the register of the EPB assessors and the register of inspectors of heating or air-conditioning systems, comprising the name, contact details and the designated type, shall be made available to the public;

(b) subject to compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, the Building and Construction Authority may allow publication or access, on a restricted or an open basis, to any extract from any register maintained by the Building and Construction Authority under these regulations where the Building and Construction Authority is satisfied that such publication or access is in the public interest;

(ba) Unrestricted access, without the possibility to modify content of the EPC register and, or to the register of inspection reports for heating and air-conditioning systems, to enable independent control, monitoring and verification of EPCs and, or inspection reports in accordance with Schedule II, shall be granted to the competent authorities or bodies to which the Building and Construction Authority has delegated responsibility, in accordance with sub-regulation (2) of regulation 32, to implement the independent control systems.

(c) other than as provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (ba), a data file or other extract from a register relating to an EPC for a particular building or an inspection report for a particular heating or air-conditioning system, shall only be made available to:

(i) the relevant EPB assessor or the relevant inspector of heating or air-conditioning systems; or

(ii) an EPB assessor having been appointed by the building owner or the agent of the building owner to undertake any subsequent EPB assessment of the relevant building; or

(iii) the relevant building owner, or the agent of that building owner.