Part 11: Energy Savings Opportunity Schemes Section 260: Scheme administration
The purpose of this section is to allow regulations to set out the requirements for the administration, compliance monitoring and enforcement of an ESOS scheme’s requirements. Subsections (1) and (2) enable regulations to appoint public authorities, referred to as ‘scheme administrators’, to carry out functions relating to these objectives. Subsection (3) enables regulations allowing a scheme administrator to authorise others to carry out some or all of its functions.
	Under subsection (4), regulations may make provisions relating to a scheme administrator’s functions, for example, setting out arrangements for cooperation and information sharing between multiple scheme administrators.
	Under subsections (5) to (8), regulations may make provisions relating to scheme administration which include:
Requiring participants to provide facilities to allow the scheme administrator to carry out its functions,
Allowing the scheme administrator to carry out functions relating to the publication of information about an ESOS scheme or participants,
Providing for guidance to be given on the scheme and specify who must have regard to it, and
Requiring payment to be made by participants to cover fees or costs incurred by the scheme administrator.
	Regulations under subsection (9) may give powers to the Secretary of State and appropriate public bodies throughout the UK to require a scheme administrator to provide them with information relating to ESOS which is relevant to the scheme or their functions, which, for example, could include monitoring the effectiveness of policies.