The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014

[^f00009]: 1989 c.29; section 6 was amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 30, by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 89(3), 136(1) and (2), 143(1), 145 and 197(9), Schedule 19, paragraphs 3 and 5, and Schedule 23, Part 1, by the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27), section 78 and Schedule 8, paragraph 2, by the Energy Act 2011 (c.16), section 72 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 3, and by S.I. 2011/2704, regulation 19.

[^f00010]: 1986 c.44; section 7A was inserted by the Gas Act 1995 (c.45), section 6(1), and has been amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), sections 3(2) and 108, and Schedule 6, and by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), section 149(1) and (7).

[^f00011]: S.I. 2012/2079, as amended by S.I. 2012/3021 and S.I. 2013/139.

[^f00012]: 2006 c.46.

[^f00013]: 1960 c.62. This Act was amended by the Mobile Homes Act 2013 (c.14), but those amendments are not relevant for the purpose of this Order.

[^f00014]: 1968 c.52.

[^f00015]: 1992 c.14. Section 3 was amended by S.I. 2013/468, article 3.

[^f00016]: The Specification is designed for installing, managing and providing energy efficiency measures in existing buildings. A copy can be obtained from any of the sales outlets operated by the British Standards Institute or by post from the British Standards Institute, 389 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 4AL. See http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/Browse-By-Subject/Environmental-Management-and-Sustainability/Green-Deal/.

[^f00017]: The Government’s Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2012 Edition, version 9.92) is at Appendix S of the document entitled “The Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for the Energy Rating of Dwellings 2012 edition” which can be accessed at http://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2012/SAP-2012_9-92.pdf. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.

[^f00018]: The Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2009 Edition) can be accessed at http://bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2009/SAP-2009_9-90.pdf.

[^f00019]: The document referred to can be found on the website for the Office of National Statistics by clicking on the words “Lower Layer Super Output Area Mid-Year Population Estimates, Mid-2010 – (SUPERSEDED)” at the following address: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-230902. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.

[^f00020]: This document can be accessed at [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/SIMDQuickLookup.] A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW.

[^f00021]: The Government’s Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2012 Edition, version 9.92) can be accessed at http://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2012/SAP-2012_9-92.pdf. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW.

[^f00022]: Article 12 was amended by S.I. 2014/1131 and is amended by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^f00023]: Article 21 is amended by and article 21ZA is inserted by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^f00024]: Article 13(5) was amended by S.I. 2014/1131.

[^f00025]: Article 16 was amended by S.I. 2014/1131 and S.I. 2014/2897 and is amended by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^f00026]: Articles 19B and 19D are inserted by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^f00027]: 2008 c.27.

[^f00028]: Article 13(3) is amended by S.I. 2104/3210.

[^f00029]: OJ No L 3015, 14.11.2012, p1; the Directive has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00030]: Child tax credit and working tax credit are provided for in Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).

[^f00031]: 2002 c.21. Part I is repealed by section 417 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^f00032]: See Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). Sections 9 and 5 of and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) made relevant amendments to Part 1. Section 147 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 also makes relevant amendments to this Part, but these amendments are in force for certain purposes only.

[^f00033]: See section 1(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18). Section 1(4) was amended by sections 4, 59 and 88 of and Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), and section 245 of and Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Section 1(4) is also repealed by section 147 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2014, but this repeal is in force for certain purposes only.

[^f00034]: See section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4). Section 124 is repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^f00035]: See section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16).

[^f00036]: Universal credit is provided for in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

[^f00037]: S.I. 2013/376. Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2013/1508, regulation 3.

[^f00038]: 1992 c.4. Section 71 was amended by section 67 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 71 is repealed by section 90 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^f00039]: 2012 c.5.

[^f00040]: 1996 c.56.

[^f00041]: S.I. 2002/2007. The definition of “approved training” was inserted by S.I. 2006/222.

[^f00042]: Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2004/762, regulation 2, S.I. 2005/2919, article 4, S.I. 2007/2151, regulations 2 and 3, S.I. 2008/2169, regulations 6 and 8, S.I. 2009/697, regulations 9 and 16, S.I. 2011/1740, article 2 and Schedule 1, S.I. 2012/848, regulation 4, S.I. 2013/1465, article 17 and Schedule 1.

[^f00043]: 1985 c.68. Part V was amended by section 235 of and Schedule 10 to the Insolvency Act1985 (c. 65), section 437 of and Schedule 11 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45), sections 2, 4, 8, 24 of and Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63), sections 1 and 2 of and the Schedule to the Land Registration Act 1988 (c.3), sections 83, 122, 124, 126, 127, 140 of and Schedule 17 to the Housing Act 1988 (c.50), sections 104, 105, 108 to 120, 187(2) of and Schedules 21 and 22 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 66 of and Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 (c.27), section 222 of and Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1996 (c.52), sections 140 and 152 of and Schedules 16 and 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c.43), section 14 of and Schedule 1 to the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38), sections 81 and 261 of and Schedules 8 and 30 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, sections 180 to 190, 192, 193 and 270 of the Housing Act 2004 (c.34), section 93 of and Schedule 15 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37), sections 133 and 135 of and Schedules 11 and 13 to the Land Registration Act 2002 (c.9), sections 52 and 53 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48), sections 304, 306, 191, 307, 321 and 325 of and Schedule 16 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c.17), section 31 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), section 195 of and Schedule 19 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), S.I. 1993/651, article 2 and Schedule 1, S.I. 1996/2325, article 5 and Schedule 2, S.I. 1997/74, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 1997/627, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 2001/3649, article 299, S.I. 2005/3237, article 2, S.I. 2007/709, article 4, S.I. 2009/1941, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 2010/844, article 6 and Schedule 2, S.I. 2010/866, articles 4 and 5 and Schedules 1 and 2.

[^f00044]: 1987 c.26. Sections 61 to 84 were amended by sections 1, 3, 65 and 72 of and Schedules 2, 8, 9 and 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act (c.43), sections 168, 176, 194 of and Schedules 11 and 12 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), sections 144, 145, 157, 187 of and Schedule 22 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, section 180 of and Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), sections 4 and 6 of and Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.11), section 152 of and Schedule 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998, sections 42 to 49, 51, 108 and 112 of and Schedule 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), section 71 of and Schedule 7to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), S.I. 2010/2040, articles 1 and 2 and Schedule.

[^f00045]: Section 84A was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

[^f00046]: Defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30).

[^f00047]: Section 1 was amended by section 22 of and Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19).

[^f00048]: Section 5 was amended by S.I. 1996/2325, article 5 and Schedule 2, and S.I. 2010/866, article 5 and Schedule 2. It is also amended by virtue of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7).

[^f00049]: 2011 c.25.

[^f00050]: 2010 asp 17.

[^f00051]: 1996 c.52. Chapter 1 of Part 1 was amended by sections 140 and 152 of, and Schedules 16 and 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998, section 75 of and Schedule 8 to the Charities Act 2006 (c.50), sections 61 and 321 of, and Schedule 16 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, sections 2 and 8 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010, S.I. 2001/3649 and S.I. 2009/1941.

Editorial notes

[^c22280171]: 1986 c.44. Section 33BC was inserted (as section 33BB) by section 10(1) of, and Schedule 3, paragraph 36 to, the Gas Act 1995 (c.45). Section 33BB was substituted by (and renumbered as) section 33BC by section 99 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27). This section was also amended by sections 15 and 17 of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19) and section 79 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to, the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27). Section 66 of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16) and S.I. 2014/631, articles 3, 4 and Schedule 1 also amend this section. Section 33BD was inserted by section 68 of the Energy Act 2011.

[^c22280181]: 1989 c.29. Section 41A was substituted for section 41 by section 70 of the Utilities Act 2000 and amended by sections 16 and 17 of, and paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Schedule to, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and section 79 of, and paragraphs 2 to 5 of Schedule 8 to, the Climate Change Act 2008. Section 67 of the Energy Act 2011 also amends this section. Section 41B was inserted by section 69 of the Energy Act 2011.

[^c22280191]: 2000 c.27. This section was amended by section 17 of, and paragraph 7 of the Schedule to, the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 and section 79 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Climate Change Act 2008. This section has also been amended by section 72 of, and paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Schedule to, the Energy Act 2011. Section 103A was inserted by section 70 of the Energy Act 2011.

[^c22280201]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^c22280211]: Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, sections 27(2)(a) and 33.

[^c22280221]: S.I. 2010/761.

[^c22280231]: S.I. 2012/3018, as amended by S.I. 2014/1131, S.I. 2014/2897 and S.I. 2014/3210.

[^c22280241]: This document can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/The-Future-of-the-Energy-Company-Obligation-Small-Area-Geographies-Eligible-for-ECO-CSCO-Support. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW.

[^c22280251]: 1989 c.29; section 6 was amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), section 30, by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 89(3), 136(1) and (2), 143(1), 145 and 197(9), Schedule 19, paragraphs 3 and 5, and Schedule 23, Part 1, by the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27), section 78 and Schedule 8, paragraph 2, by the Energy Act 2011 (c.16), section 72 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 3, and by S.I. 2011/2704, regulation 19.

[^c22280261]: 1986 c.44; section 7A was inserted by the Gas Act 1995 (c.45), section 6(1), and has been amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27), sections 3(2) and 108, and Schedule 6, and by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), section 149(1) and (7).

[^c22280271]: S.I. 2012/2079, as amended by S.I. 2012/3021 and S.I. 2013/139.

[^c22280281]: 2006 c.46.

[^c22280291]: 1960 c.62. This Act was amended by the Mobile Homes Act 2013 (c.14), but those amendments are not relevant for the purpose of this Order.

[^c22280301]: 1968 c.52.

[^c22280311]: 1992 c.14. Section 3 was amended by S.I. 2013/468, article 3.

[^c22280331]: The Government's Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2012 Edition, version 9.92) is at Appendix S of the document entitled “The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for the Energy Rating of Dwellings 2012 edition” which can be accessed at http://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2012/SAP-2012_9-92.pdf. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.

[^c22280341]: The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2009 Edition) can be accessed at http://bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2009/SAP-2009_9-90.pdf.

[^c22280351]: The document referred to can be found on the website for the Office of National Statistics by clicking on the words “Lower Layer Super Output Area Mid-Year Population Estimates, Mid-2010 – (SUPERSEDED)” at the following address: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-230902. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.

[^c22280361]: This document can be accessed at [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/SIMDQuickLookup.] A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW.

[^c22280371]: The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (2012 Edition, version 9.92) can be accessed at http://www.bre.co.uk/filelibrary/SAP/2012/SAP-2012_9-92.pdf. A copy can be inspected at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW.

[^c22280381]: Article 12 was amended by S.I. 2014/1131 and is amended by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^c22280391]: Article 21 is amended by and article 21ZA is inserted by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^c22280401]: Article 13(5) was amended by S.I. 2014/1131.

[^c22280411]: Article 16 was amended by S.I. 2014/1131 and S.I. 2014/2897 and is amended by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^c22280421]: Articles 19B and 19D are inserted by S.I. 2014/3210.

[^c22280431]: 2008 c.27.

[^c22280441]: Article 13(3) is amended by S.I. 2104/3210.

[^c22280451]: OJ No L 3015, 14.11.2012, p1; the Directive has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c22280461]: Child tax credit and working tax credit are provided for in Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).

[^c22280471]: 2002 c.21. Part I is repealed by section 417 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^c22280481]: See Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). Sections 9 and 5 of and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24) made relevant amendments to Part 1. Section 147 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 also makes relevant amendments to this Part, but these amendments are in force for certain purposes only.

[^c22280491]: See section 1(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18). Section 1(4) was amended by sections 4, 59 and 88 of and Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), and section 245 of and Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Section 1(4) is also repealed by section 147 of and Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2014, but this repeal is in force for certain purposes only.

[^c22280501]: See section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4). Section 124 is repealed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012, but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^c22280511]: See section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16).

[^c22280521]: Universal credit is provided for in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

[^c22280531]: S.I. 2013/376. Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2013/1508, regulation 3.

[^c22280541]: 1992 c.4. Section 71 was amended by section 67 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 71 is repealed by section 90 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), but this repeal has not yet come into force.

[^c22280551]: 2012 c.5.

[^c22280561]: 1996 c.56.

[^c22280571]: S.I. 2002/2007. The definition of “approved training” was inserted by S.I. 2006/222.

[^c22280581]: Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2004/762, regulation 2, S.I. 2005/2919, article 4, S.I. 2007/2151, regulations 2 and 3, S.I. 2008/2169, regulations 6 and 8, S.I. 2009/697, regulations 9 and 16, S.I. 2011/1740, article 2 and Schedule 1, S.I. 2012/848, regulation 4, S.I. 2013/1465, article 17 and Schedule 1.

[^c22280591]: 1985 c.68. Part V was amended by section 235 of and Schedule 10 to the Insolvency Act1985 (c. 65), section 437 of and Schedule 11 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45), sections 2, 4, 8, 24 of and Schedule 5 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63), sections 1 and 2 of and the Schedule to the Land Registration Act 1988 (c.3), sections 83, 122, 124, 126, 127, 140 of and Schedule 17 to the Housing Act 1988 (c.50), sections 104, 105, 108 to 120, 187(2) of and Schedules 21 and 22 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 66 of and Schedule 8 to the Family Law Act 1996 (c.27), section 222 of and Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1996 (c.52), sections 140 and 152 of and Schedules 16 and 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c.43), section 14 of and Schedule 1 to the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38), sections 81 and 261 of and Schedules 8 and 30 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, sections 180 to 190, 192, 193 and 270 of the Housing Act 2004 (c.34), section 93 of and Schedule 15 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37), sections 133 and 135 of and Schedules 11 and 13 to the Land Registration Act 2002 (c.9), sections 52 and 53 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48), sections 304, 306, 191, 307, 321 and 325 of and Schedule 16 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c.17), section 31 of the Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), section 195 of and Schedule 19 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), S.I. 1993/651, article 2 and Schedule 1, S.I. 1996/2325, article 5 and Schedule 2, S.I. 1997/74, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 1997/627, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 2001/3649, article 299, S.I. 2005/3237, article 2, S.I. 2007/709, article 4, S.I. 2009/1941, article 2 and Schedule, S.I. 2010/844, article 6 and Schedule 2, S.I. 2010/866, articles 4 and 5 and Schedules 1 and 2.

[^c22280601]: 1987 c.26. Sections 61 to 84 were amended by sections 1, 3, 65 and 72 of and Schedules 2, 8, 9 and 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act (c.43), sections 168, 176, 194 of and Schedules 11 and 12 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), sections 144, 145, 157, 187 of and Schedule 22 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, section 180 of and Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), sections 4 and 6 of and Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.11), section 152 of and Schedule 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998, sections 42 to 49, 51, 108 and 112 of and Schedule 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), section 71 of and Schedule 7to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), S.I. 2010/2040, articles 1 and 2 and Schedule.

[^c22280611]: Section 84A was inserted by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

[^c22280621]: Defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30).

[^c22280631]: Section 1 was amended by section 22 of and Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19).

[^c22280641]: Section 5 was amended by S.I. 1996/2325, article 5 and Schedule 2, and S.I. 2010/866, article 5 and Schedule 2. It is also amended by virtue of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7).

[^c22280651]: 2011 c.25.

[^c22280661]: 2010 asp 17.

[^c22280671]: 1996 c.52. Chapter 1 of Part 1 was amended by sections 140 and 152 of, and Schedules 16 and 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998, section 75 of and Schedule 8 to the Charities Act 2006 (c.50), sections 61 and 321 of, and Schedule 16 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, sections 2 and 8 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010, S.I. 2001/3649 and S.I. 2009/1941.

[^key-ecf3598ab040e07a4de3632032d2fb79]: Art. 16A inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 12

[^key-9bbb0a8f26e368f14f42323f57918a73]: Art. 24A inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 20

[^key-c75fed748ad5f3cc77fd7272c6a91db9]: Art. 30A inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 23

[^key-074ff3426ae1ab8c8715222b4c82fd86]: Words in Sch. 2 substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 26

[^key-63e08720b3d85315c124d479075272e2]: Sch. 4 Pt. 1 heading inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 27(1)

[^key-909772385b11481cf80b6afa10da01a5]: Sch. 4 Pt. 2 inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 27(4)

[^key-6f1febb23feac6aa096ce0dccb81b2ca]: Sch. 4A, Sch. 4B inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 28

[^key-911fbd3a55f8b2e6699f8218f309f4b6]: Words in art. 12(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 9(1)

[^key-c9d62c7784461b10d7c88b6c6ce923fe]: Art. 12(2)(b) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 9(2)

[^key-0684a065c49896ae99322e8bea7dfbae]: Word in art. 12(3)(b) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 9(3)

[^key-ae1ebc642936bf5e1fa5c355fb19904f]: Art. 12(3)(c)(d) substituted for art. 12(3)(c) (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 9(4)

[^key-e6a5c0f436783c6779d3ca08903b3030]: Words in art. 12(4)(c)(iii) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 9(5)

[^key-cd58582311ce4e218d7b2bc3e24b50d4]: Words in art. 13(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 10

[^key-28d376a4c0ea77b5d00e247155d44c66]: Art. 16(7A)(7B) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 11(4)

[^key-0c6d735d6917233122b1583384c6b520]: Words in art. 16(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 11(1)

[^key-ae14dbb244457f3c363f0801e90a16b3]: Art. 16(2)(3) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 11(2)

[^key-c70bad9fdbdd63b0e044277eeaa28dc2]: Art. 16(5) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 11(3)

[^key-ad5383669557bbeef6d0354900fafb02]: Words in art. 16(9) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 11(5)

[^key-fa7a5a3a761f8afecfd322d700a8ab7d]: Art. 17(3A)(3B) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(2)

[^key-f29e4299fbf59b8441c48021c3608bc3]: Words in art. 17(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(1)

[^key-071bc51fce49d47363cc187ca5618c7a]: Words in art. 17(8) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(4)(a)

[^key-f2adc624ff2cbc25e8f32b61891ae185]: Words in art. 17(8) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(4)(b)(i)

[^key-8321b14048231facbbc5e7babe5dc6b4]: Words in art. 17(8) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(4)(b)(ii)

[^key-0d5380cd25b281b4fca1c688935e3457]: Words in art. 17(8) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(4)(c)

[^key-74e3d8f20020b1495d9f4a8cd0987be3]: Art. 18(2A) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 14(3)

[^key-8d25eddd0b00f01c437ad8bf9f124a65]: Words in art. 18(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 14(1)

[^key-cfe92c5e7eb8da44ab357b187a1f270b]: Words in art. 18(2) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 14(2)

[^key-44a8a8a2e1797e59d2ef241c8c5859cf]: Art. 19(2A)-(2C) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(7)

[^key-cd039a10f86c4953688a4fb3a2929e96]: Words in art. 19(1)(a) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(1)

[^key-660d63ae5f22735aa9c00ec1bd897c4f]: Art. 19(1)(d) and word inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(5)

[^key-4464acdd80d92ea0c43423c06eb45e89]: Words in art. 19(1)(b) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(2)

[^key-2850c3b54cdad5859aef9badb99d4243]: Word in art. 19(1)(b) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(3)

[^key-bd106bc0516697b05d24dc52667805df]: Words in art. 19(1)(c) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(4)

[^key-ed2c694646fdcf465fa86ef33441bc04]: Words in art. 19(2) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 15(6)

[^key-72e374350fba3f39291155f431326ae4]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(2)

[^key-dc29ab65ab2015224114624324cfb512]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(3)

[^key-644fa00944c2245208cd6877433c6b29]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(4)

[^key-e8d37e13062b2854ebdac3633de4b285]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(5)

[^key-d46ff812d91b2c1cf6e13eb63cc1c7eb]: Word in art. 2(1) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(6)(a)

[^key-11f8e8ec2b42e731907d04999959821f]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(6)(b)

[^key-358958fcd0677d73e9b6141fc3d126ba]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(7)

[^key-c4892ff0c7fd22d4d89683670f53a47d]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(8)(a)

[^key-431b65f9e87602eed48242bd52f7e308]: Word in art. 2(1) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(8)(b)

[^key-c368ff649aa871e3e6a172f13d7559c8]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(8)(c)

[^key-29a15d6e77f6215e3fe10211bad6acf6]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(9)

[^key-e9de7e08b86612cfa47d09db6240c988]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(10)

[^key-4cc7776ba316e8b96974a56e0b78ff1d]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(11)

[^key-c319ffa3259cad2656e1d65ea91c38bd]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(12)

[^key-68398ae38876e6906f35599ee6b74745]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(13)

[^key-074aa1398b31c409de6a7e4c8d5df322]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(14)

[^key-5236ef98de6a34b4cf938f0144f21351]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(15)(a)

[^key-6ab2c2e5460ddd5f57794ed4722a6014]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(15)(b)

[^key-349c64048d1ebf2158f8d535a54ca5cc]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(16)(a)

[^key-94695f37ad29899c70986205515ed2ce]: Words in art. 2(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(16)(b)

[^key-c200c385a0e839c9d332bea4e8e82f01]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 2(17)

[^key-1acd7d57ced044b71518530a59270558]: Words in art. 20(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 16

[^key-cbd2ee6b70c4f9fe3a1150173874bb6b]: Words in art. 21 inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 17

[^key-6c4c191b01184b70a14a90c543799c7c]: Words in art. 22(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 18

[^key-f0bce7056dc14a52afb5e58ab5f6780a]: Words in art. 24 heading inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 19(1)

[^key-79538e720a47305b2f974ec2d8f1d681]: Art. 24(3A) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 19(3)

[^key-ef65b9f39c6282c987b88ee581d06284]: Words in art. 24(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 19(2)

[^key-033e4f553a95df38c3eecd231c410e73]: Art. 26(3)(3A) substituted for art. 26(3) (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 21(2)

[^key-78c07a88afc01d06c203b5e1bedb4c9b]: Words in art. 26(2)(a) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 21(1)

[^key-634436d753e717bdcfb4cb6b1593cf49]: Art. 3(1A) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 3(2)

[^key-b3c27c818700d39ba48113889b57a403]: Art. 3(1)(a)(c) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 3(1)

[^key-32fae39dd29510aedaf271a365893966]: Words in art. 30(2)(a) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 22(1)

[^key-7f0d248be6ea213da4535179fc519496]: Art. 30(3) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 22(2)

[^key-ce3b62dcfc631dcb10a5997484610f3b]: Art. 31(3)-(4) substituted for art. 31(3)(4) (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 24(2)

[^key-ec04629a27f8e06cdeab445654b5c6bf]: Words in art. 31(2) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 24(1)

[^key-07f6099989778656e4ea7af05d2da5bc]: Words in art. 31(6) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 24(3)

[^key-0152f3f23a45c71ed33a9070c199f398]: Words in art. 33(1) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 25

[^key-5d19cbb570dfc7f441d48e1e7f593790]: Art. 4(3A) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 4(2)

[^key-71635a24c60e897130025ba903b792e2]: Words in art. 4(3) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 4(1)

[^key-c805680cf09476c6c83edf2ba6778171]: Words in art. 5(2) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 5

[^key-eebcaee63eef28d4ac2a7dff7c5a2c96]: Art. 6(8)(c) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 6

[^key-2ecd93bb42734f251b9151ac975eeea9]: Words in art. 7 heading substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(1)

[^key-057e64e62f30cba9e3c01d79d468b231]: Words in art. 7(1) omitted (29.3.2017) by virtue of The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(a)

[^key-6e9d3e71f2891308d15fd095bf7f0744]: Words in art. 7(1)(a) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(b)

[^key-0ab913e2ad7a83e72f326f33538dbefe]: Words in art. 7(1)(b) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(c)

[^key-835c666e782fbf41ca99bbe33c584759]: Words in art. 7(1)(c) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(2)(d)

[^key-b7ae9c96143d2b8351e9809e5cf6173a]: Art. 7(4)(5) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(3)

[^key-9c2a0839da60e26fad00cc7880ff33ca]: Words in art. 7(6) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(4)

[^key-9e2a3c15a22bf94f7355082b98a3c1f1]: Words in art. 7(7) substituted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 7(5)

[^key-cad3b5869e1647aae849bb054be90aa9]: Words in art. 8(a) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 8

[^M_F_142f779d-675d-4a0d-f748-2ea773240706]: Art. 17(5) substituted for art. 17(5)(6) (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 13(3)

[^key-76241c76ae84549dfaef83067875f86c]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 27(2)

[^key-c1c51549564597e42d4cfb822820f227]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(2) inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 27(3)

Determining a supplier’s obligations and minimum requirements

Conditions to be met for heating qualifying actions completed after 31st March 2017

16A

• (1) This article applies for the purpose of the definition of “heating qualifying action” in article 16(3).

• (2) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if the measure is installed at private domestic premises which are occupied by a member of the help to heat group.

• (3) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—

• (a) the measure is installed at private domestic premises;

• (b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of a heating qualifying action at the premises; and

• (c) on or after publication of its statement of intent, the local authority has—

• (i) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; or

• (ii) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.

• (4) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—

• (a) it is solid wall insulation installed at private domestic premises;

• (b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of the solid wall insulation at the premises;

• (c) the local authority has made a statement in writing that—

• (i) the premises are situated in a semi-detached house, a semi-detached bungalow or a building containing no more than two domestic premises; and

• (ii) to the best of the local authority’s knowledge and belief, both houses or bungalows in the pair of semi-detached properties or both premises in the building referred to in paragraph (i) are private domestic premises; and

• (d) on or after publication of its statement of intent, the local authority has—

• (i) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, at least one of the premises in the pair of semi-detached properties or in the building referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i) is occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; or

• (ii) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, at least one of the premises in the pair of semi-detached properties or in the building referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i) is occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.

• (5) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—

• (a) it is solid wall insulation installed at private domestic premises;

• (b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of the solid wall insulation at the premises;

• (c) the premises are included in a list of premises which—

• (i) has been created by the local authority on or after publication of its statement of intent;

• (ii) identifies any premises on the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; and

• (iii) identifies any other premises on the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home; and

• (d) the local authority has made a statement in writing that—

• (i) to the best of the local authority’s knowledge and belief, all of the premises included in the list referred to in sub-paragraph (c) are private domestic premises;

• (ii) all of the premises included in that list are situated in the same building, in immediately adjacent buildings or in the same terrace; and

• (iii) in the opinion of the local authority, at least 66% of the premises included in that list are occupied by households living in fuel poverty or by households living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.

• (6) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—

• (a) the measure is installed at E, F or G social housing; and

• (b) the measure is—

• (i) installed to improve the insulating properties of domestic premises;

• (ii) the installation of a central heating system or a renewable heating measure in domestic premises which at no point prior to the installation were heated by a central heating system, a district heating system or an electric storage heater; or

• (iii) a relevant district heating connection to domestic premises which at no point prior to the connection were heated by a central heating system, a district heating system or an electric storage heater.

• (7) In this article—

• “central heating system” means a system which provides heat for the purpose of space heating through a boiler or other heat source connected to one or more separate heat emitters;

• “E, F or G social housing” means domestic premises described in Schedule 4A;

• “help to heat group” means a group of persons where each person in the group is awarded at least one of the benefits set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B and meets any condition in relation to that benefit which is specified in that Schedule;

• “local authority” means—a county council;a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;a district council;a London Borough Council;the Common Council of the City of London;the Council of the Isles of Scilly;a county borough council;a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• “private domestic premises” means domestic premises other than premises described in Part 2 of Schedule 4;

• “renewable heating measure” means a measure for the generation of heat by means of a source of energy or technology mentioned in section 100(4) of the Energy Act 2008; and

• “statement of intent” means a description of how the local authority intends to identify households that may benefit from the installation of a heating qualifying action and are living—in fuel poverty; oron a low income and are vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.

Notifications of qualifying actions

Determining the carbon saving for a qualifying action

Determining the cost score for a qualifying boiler repair and replacement

Determining the cost score for a gas fuelled qualifying boiler replacement

Determining the cost score for a qualifying electric storage heater repair and replacement

Determining the cost score for heating qualifying actions installed at non-gas fuelled premises

Approval of an appropriate methodology for the carbon saving or cost saving attributable to a SAP scored qualifying action

Methodology for the carbon saving or cost saving attributable to a deemed score qualifying action

24A