The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Meaning of “GB domestic customer”, “Scotland domestic customer” and “partner”

   3. 3. Interpretation: general

3. PART 2 The Scheme: introductory

   1. 4. Warm Home Discount Scheme for Scotland

   2. 5. Calculation of a relevant supplier’s number of GB domestic customers on preceding 31st December

   3. 6. Licensed suppliers who are scheme suppliers

   4. 7. Suppliers not participating in the scheme in a scheme year

4. PART 3 The Core Spending Obligation

   1. 8. Determination of scheme customers by the Secretary of State

   2. 9. Provision of rebate to core group customers

   3. 10. Exceptions

   4. 11. Provision of information by suppliers

   5. 12. Provision of information by the Secretary of State

   6. 13. Interpretation of Part 3: references to the Secretary of State

5. PART 4 Non-Core Spending

   1. CHAPTER 1 Determination etc. of non-core spending obligation

      1. 14. Determination and notification of aggregate non-core spending obligation

      2. 15. Duty to calculate and adjust, and notify, compulsory scheme electricity suppliers’ non-core spending obligations

      3. 16. Calculation of non-core spending obligation

      4. 17. Adjustment of non-core spending obligation: scheme year 12

      5. 18. Adjustment of non-core spending obligation: scheme years 13 to 15

   2. CHAPTER 2 Obligation to incur spending etc.

      1. 19. Obligation to incur spending and amounts of spending

      2. 20. The broader group rebate target

   3. CHAPTER 3 Broader group

      1. 21. Broader group customers

      2. 22. Eligibility criteria and verification measures

      3. 23. Provision of rebate to broader group customers

   4. CHAPTER 4 Industry initiatives

      1. 24. Spending on industry initiatives by a compulsory scheme electricity supplier

      2. 25. Approval of industry initiatives

      3. 26. Spending on industry initiatives which may be treated as incurred by a compulsory scheme electricity supplier

      4. 27. Spending incurred by a compulsory scheme electricity supplier before the commencement day

   5. CHAPTER 5 Specified activities

      1. 28. Types of spending: activities specified by the Scottish Ministers

6. PART 5 Authority functions

   1. 29. Approvals by the Authority: procedure

   2. 30. Determination of amounts spent by scheme suppliers

   3. 31. Provision of information to the Authority

   4. 32. Provision of information by the Authority

7. PART 6 Review

   1. 33. Reviews of the Scheme

8. PART 7 Amendment of the Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

   1. 34. Amendment of the Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

9. Signature

10. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Determination of aggregate non-core spending obligation

       1. 1. General

       2. 2. Meaning of “the initial overall spending target”

       3. 3. Step one: core group spending estimate

       4. 4. Step two: calculation of adjusted overall spending target

       5. 5. Step three: aggregate non-core spending obligation

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Broader group

       1. PART 1 Eligibility criteria

          1. 1. A person who is in receipt of income support under...

          2. 2. A person who is in receipt of income-related employment and...

          3. 3. A person who is in receipt of income-related employment and...

          4. 4. A person who is in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance...

          5. 5. A person who is in receipt of housing benefit under...

          6. 6. A person who is in receipt of universal credit, has...

          7. 7. A person who is in receipt of child tax credit...

       2. PART 2 Verification measures

          1. 1. Obtaining from each customer, orally or in writing—

          2. 2. Explaining to each customer that the customer may be asked...

          3. 3. In relation to at least 5% of the number of...

       3. PART 3 Interpretation

          1. 1. In this Schedule— “annual income” means the income for the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Industry initiatives

       1. PART 1 Table of industry initiatives

       2. PART 2 Installation and repair requirements for boilers and central heating systems

          1. 1. Boilers

          2. 2. Central heating systems

       3. PART 3 Interpretation

          1. 3. Interpretation

11. Explanatory Note