The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

1.  The benefits referred to in the definition of “help to heat group” in article 2 are—

(a) child benefit under Part 9 of the 1992 Act(1);

(b) child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(2);

(c) guarantee credit (and for this purpose “guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(3));

(d) housing benefit under Part 7 of the 1992 Act(4);

(e) income-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(5);

(f) income-related allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(6);

(g) income support under Part 7 of the 1992 Act(7);

(h) savings credit (and for this purpose “savings credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(8);

(i) universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(9);

(j) working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(10).

(1)

See sections 141 and 145A. Section 141 was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6). Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and was amended by Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 and S.I. 2019/1458.

(2)

2002 c. 21. Section 8 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5).

(3)

2002 c. 16. Section 2 was amended by Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

(4)

See section 130. That section was amended by Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 19 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) and Schedules 5 and 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5). It is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(5)

1995 c. 18. Section 1 was amended by Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007. It was also amended by sections 44 and 49 of, and Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and these amendments have been brought into force for certain purposes. It is prospectively amended by section 61 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(6)

2007 c. 5. Section 1 which establishes an allowance known as employment and support allowance, was amended by sections 50, 52 and 53 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. It was also amended by section 54 of, and Schedules 3 and 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and these amendments have been brought into force for certain purposes. It is prospectively amended by section 62 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(7)

See section 124. That section was amended by Schedules 2 and 3 to the Jobseekers Act 1995, Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Schedules 2 and 3 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002, Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedules 3 and 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007, section 3 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) and section 59 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Part 7 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(8)

Section 3 was substituted by Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19).

(9)

See section 1.

(10)

Section 10 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.