Energy Performance Certificate reform – lodgement fees and penalty charges: technical consultation

Technical consultation paper on the proposed changes to lodgement fees and penalty charges, as part of our reform of Energy Performance Certificates (EPC).


How to respond

We ask that you respond to the consultation questions using the online form, which can be found here: Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space

Alternatively, you can print and post the Respondent Information Form and Sample Questionnaire.

Contact information

Email: EPCenquiries@gov.scot

Postal Address:

EPC Enquiries
Energy & Climate Change Directorate
Scottish Government
Atlantic Quay 5
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU

Handling your response

If you respond using the consultation hub, you will be directed to the About You page before submitting your response. Please indicate how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are content for your response to published. If you ask for your response not to be published, we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

If you are unable to respond via Citizen Space, please complete and return the Respondent Information Form and Sample Questionnaire included in this document. (please see supporting documents)

To find out how we handle your personal data, please see our privacy policy: Privacy - gov.scot

Next steps in the process

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public, and after we have checked that they contain no potentially defamatory material, responses will be made available to the public at: Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space. If you use the consultation hub to respond, you will receive a copy of your response via email.

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us. Responses will be published where we have been given permission to do so. An analysis report will also be made available.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to the contact address above or at: EPCenquiries@gov.scot

Scottish Government consultation process

Consultation is an essential part of the policymaking process. It gives us the opportunity to consider your opinion and expertise on a proposed area of work.

You can find all our consultations online: Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space. Each consultation details the issues under consideration, as well as a way for you to give us your views, either online, by email or by post.

Responses will be analysed and used as part of the decision-making process, along with a range of other available information and evidence. We will publish a report of this analysis for every consultation. Depending on the nature of the consultation exercise the responses received may:

  • indicate the need for policy development or review
  • inform the development of a particular policy
  • help decisions to be made between alternative policy proposals
  • be used to finalise legislation before it is implemented

While details of particular circumstances described in a response to a consultation exercise may usefully inform the policy process, consultation exercises cannot address individual concerns and comments, which should be directed to the relevant public body.

Contact

Email: EPCenquiries@gov.scot

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