TM44 Air Conditioning Inspection Report Environmental Compliance Audit of Local Authorities

Ashfield District Council did not have the information requested.

Dear Ashfield District Council,
This request relates to UK Environmental Legislation, specifically TM44 Air Conditioning Inspection Reporting, which is mandatory for air-conditioned buildings. You as a Local Authority are duty bound to actively manage compliance in your Borough and to issue notices/fine non-compliant organisations.

Q. Have you set up a Trading Standards Officer to implement an active TM44 compliance programme. Provide that person’s name and details.
Q. If you have not set up your compliance programme, when do you expect to do so, and who is in charge of the process?
Q. What specific actions have you undertaken to check on all building operators with air conditioning in your Borough?
Q. How do you notify affected organisations, and how much notice do you give them before issuing a fine?
Q. The Government Non-Domestic EPC Register contains all records of existing TM44 Air Conditioning Inspection Reports, with expiry dates. Buildings not shown on the Register are non-compliant. Do you make use of the Register?
Q. The fine is £300.00 per building for non-compliance, do you reinvest fines and allocate to the Department issuing notices?
Q. It would appear, upon checking of the Landmark Register, that you as a Local Authority have not complied with the Legislation yourselves. When do you intend to comply?

Yours faithfully,

Paul Evans

noreply, Ashfield District Council

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Dear Mr Evans

 

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS REQUEST – Ref No: 004249

 

Thank you for your email of the 10 December 2019 where you requested
information about TM44 Air Conditioning Reporting.

 

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that the information you requested
is not held by this Council.  Ashfield District Council are not
responsible for the enforcement of TM44, in the Ashfield District this is
the responsibility of Nottinghamshire County Council.

 

Nottinghamshire County Council may hold the information you are seeking. 
If you have not already done so, then you may wish to write to: Freedom of
Information, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough
Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [1][email address].

 

In relation to this question:

 

Q. It would appear, upon checking of the Landmark Register, that you as a
Local Authority have not complied with the Legislation yourselves. When do
you intend to comply? – Our inspection was completed in time, however as
yet the contractor who undertook the inspection does not appear to have
uploaded the certificate.  We are chasing the contractor to do this as a
matter of urgency.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Colin Sawers
Information Officer
Ashfield and Mansfield Legal Services

Ashfield District Council
Urban Road
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
NOTTINGHAM
NG17 8DA

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