Energy Act 2023 (c. 52)

Part 4 U.K. New technology

Chapter 1 U.K. Low-carbon heat schemes

143 Low-carbon heat schemes U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the establishment and operation of one or more low-carbon heat schemes.

(2) A “low-carbon heat scheme” is a scheme for encouraging the supply or installation in the United Kingdom of relevant heating appliances through the imposition of low-carbon heat targets on persons to whom the scheme applies.

(3) In this Chapter—

• “low-carbon heat target” means a target imposed by or under scheme regulations;

• “relevant heating appliance” means—

  (a)

  a heating appliance that generates heat but is incapable of burning fossil fuels or peat to do so, or

  (b)

  a heating appliance that generates heat by burning fossil fuels or peat, but does so only as part of a wider system to supplement heat from air, water or the ground.

(4) In the definition of “relevant heating appliance” in subsection (3), “fossil fuel” means—

(a) coal,

(b) lignite,

(c) natural gas (within the meaning of the Energy Act 1976),

(d) crude liquid petroleum,

(e) petroleum products (within the meaning of that Act), or

(f) any substance produced directly or indirectly from a substance mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

(5) The provision made by sections 144 to 150 is without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1).

(6) In this Chapter, “scheme regulations” means regulations under subsection (1).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 143 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(2)(c)