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Energy Bill [HL]

41: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause— ““Disclosure of green deal plan in connection with other transactions etc (1) This section applies where— (a) there is to be a transaction or other arrangement in respect of a green deal property (not falling within section 12(1)), and (b) the transaction or arrangement is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (2) The regulations may require a person of a description specified in the regulations to— (a) obtain the document mentioned in section 8(4) or, if that provision has not yet been complied with, produce a document containing the same information in connection with the green deal plan as that document would have contained, and (b) provide the document free of charge to a person of a description specified in the regulations at the time so specified. (3) The regulations may provide for an obligation imposed on a person by virtue of subsection (2) to be discharged by a person acting on the person’s behalf. (4) In this section the reference to a green deal property is to be read in accordance with section 12(5)(b).””