S.L. 623.7 Art. 23Qualification schemes to be made available.

(1) Certification and, or accreditation schemes and, or equivalent qualification schemes, including, where necessary, suitable training programmes, shall be made available by the 1st January 2015 for providers of energy services, energy audits, energy managers and installers of energy-related building elements where the national level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability is insufficient.

(2) The Minister shall ensure that the schemes referred to in sub-regulation (1) provide transparency to consumers, are reliable and contribute to national energy efficiency objectives.

(3) The Minister shall make publicly available the certification and, or accreditation schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in sub-regulation (1). The Minister shall take appropriate measures to make consumers aware of the availability of qualification and, or certification schemes, in accordance with sub-regulation (1) of regulation 25.