Bournemouth Energy News

Non HIP Compliant Local Authority Searches

IPSA have today released a list of Local Authorities that they are advising members NOT to buy official searches from, to ensure Home Information Pack compliance.

The following statement has been made and supplied to us by IPSA:

IPSA is in receipt of a number of Local Authority Searches compiled and sold by the following Local Authorities and Water Companies to consumers which contain elements which are not HIP compliant under Schedule 6 of the Home Information Pack Regulations. Members producing HIPs should not include searches in a HIP, from any supplier named on the following list:

Wakefield
Leeds
Hambleton
Wirral
Wiltshire
Cheshire West and Chester
North West Leicestershire
Birmingham
Leicester
Brent
Warwick
Coventry
Redbridge
Harrow
Knowsley
Greenwich
Kensington & Chelsea
Welsh Water

Each of the Local Authorities has also received a Freedom of Information request.

The requests are all the same.

“How many searches have been completed since the introduction of the Home Information Pack regulations to the date of this request?”

The figures plus the uninsured figures from yesterday’s release will start to give a clearer picture of how little the consumer has been protected.

IPSA members comply with the law and conduct business activities inline with our strong code of ethics.

For our members’ clients the IPSA Code logo delivers piece of mind.

We will be following this development closely and will update you as and when we receive more information.