Philip Grech wrote about the fact that Water Is Everybody’s Business (January 3). Although, as rightly pointed out in the article, the regulations, entitled Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012, published through Legal Notice 376/ 2012, are repealing article 97 (1) (f) (i) of part V of the Code of Police Laws, the same legal notice provides for the introduction of new requirements that are indicated in Technical Guidance (Document F) – Conservation of Fuel, Energy and Natural Resources (minimum requirements on the energy performance of buildings regulations, 2006) that was published through Government Notice 1002 of 2006.
In fact, sub-regulation 42 (2) of Legal Notice 376/2012, which Grech failed to mention in his article states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (1), the revocation of the regulations and the repeal of the article of the Code of Police Laws mentioned therein, shall not effect the validity of the Technical Guidance Document F on the EPB as published by means of Government Notice 1002 of 2006 and, or any subsequent amendments made therein.”
The provisions contained in Document F not only keep the requirement that every house (as in the...
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