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Making EPCs available to prospective  tenants

 

As from October 1st, 2008 an Energy Performance Certificate must be made available free of charge by a landlord to a prospective  tenant at the earliest opportunity and no later than:

 

· when any written information about the building is provided in response to a request for information received from the prospective tenant; or

 

· when a viewing is conducted; or

 

· if neither of those occur, before entering into a contract to let.

 

An energy performance certificate does not have to be made available if:

 

· the landlord believes that the prospective tenant is unlikely to have sufficient funds to  rent the property or is not genuinely interested in renting that type of property; or

 

· the landlord is unlikely to be prepared to  rent out the property to the prospective  tenant (although this does not authorize unlawful discrimination)