The ODPM has published Draft Home Information Pack Regulations concerned with the meaning of HIP, the contents of HIPs, forms for providing HIP information, assembly and authenticity of HIPs, exceptions to the duty to have a HIP and enforcement of HIP duties.

The general content and cost of the pack remain the same as discussed in Parliament during the course of the bill. HIPs will become compulsory in England and Wales in early 2007. The Scottish Housing Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament includes a power to introduce measures similar to HIPs in Scotland.

Another useful HIP information site is hipsdirect which is being run as an information site until the middle of next year. hipsdirect aim to establish a network of independent surveyors/home inspectors.