22Certificates must be registered

22 Certificates must be registered (1) A certificate is not valid until it has been registered by the ESC. (2) If the ESC is notified that a certificate has been created, the ESC must decide whether the certificate is eligible for registration. S. 22(3) substituted by No. 59/2011 s. 28(1). (3) A certificate is eligible for registration if— S. 22(3)(a) amended by No. 15/2025 s. 60(2). (a) the certificate complies with the requirements of this Act or the regulations for creating certificates and recording prescribed activities; and (b) the ESC has been paid any relevant fee fixed under section 73 for registration of the certificate. S. 22(4) amended by No. 59/2011 s. 28(2). (4) If the ESC decides that a certificate is eligible for registration, the ESC must, subject to subsection (5), create an entry for the certificate in the register of energy efficiency certificates and record the person who created the certificate as the owner of the certificate. S. 22(5) substituted by No. 59/2011 s. 28(3). (5) If the ESC decides that a certificate is not eligible for registration or that a certificate has been created in contravention of section 20, the ESC must— (a) not register the certificate; and (b) notify the person who created the certificate that the certificate has not been registered. S. 22(6) inserted by No. 59/2011 s. 28(3). (6) The ESC may make a decision under subsection (5) in relation to all certificates that have been created by an accredited person but not yet registered if— (a) the ESC has conducted an audit or investigation of a sample of those certificates; and (b) the ESC forms the view that the audit or investigation indicates that a high proportion of the total of those certificates would not be eligible for registration or would have been created in contravention of section 20.