Section 290 – General powers to make regulations
820.This section allows the appropriate national authority to make provision for the general purposes, or any particular purpose of the Chapter, or in consequence of any provision made under the Chapter or for giving full effect to it (subsection (1)). Such regulations may in particular provide for:
the form and content of certificates and statements of non-assessment, or for the form and content of such documents to be such as the appropriate national authority may approve;
ways in which sustainability standards can be met;
the issue of guidance; and
any interaction between provision under the Chapter with provision made by other enactments in relation to home information packs or energy performance certificates (subsections (2) to (4)).