Regulation 13 Determination and publication of boiler upgrade grant valuesI1

England and Wales

F1(1)

The Secretary of State must determine and publish the values of the boiler upgrade grants, for one set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A within 14 days of the day on which the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations F22026 come into force.

(2)

The Secretary of State may review the value of a boiler upgrade grant, having regard to such matters as the Secretary of State considers relevant, and may as a result of such a review—

(a)

increase or decrease the value of the boiler upgrade grant, or

(b)

determine that the value of the boiler upgrade grant remains unchanged.

F3(2A)

The Secretary of State may review the categories of boiler upgrade grant, having regard to such matters as the Secretary of State considers relevant, and as a result of such a review, may—

(a)

determine that the published grant categories are to be replaced by an alternative set of grant categories and publish the values of the boiler upgrade grant for the alternative set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A, or

(b)

determine that the same set of grant categories available should remain unchanged,

(2B)

The Secretary of State may only determine and publish the values of one set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A at any one time.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) F4and (2A), the matters to which the Secretary of State may have regard include—

(a)

the number of boiler upgrade vouchers issued in relation to the installation of eligible plant,

(b)

a change in the market price of eligible plant or in the cost of installation of eligible plant,

(c)

any other factor which is likely, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, to affect—

(i)

the number of grant applications, or

(ii)

the cost of installing or running eligible plant.

(4)

Where the value of a boiler upgrade grant is increased or decreased as a result of a review described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must publish a notice (a “grant change notice”) specifying—

(a)

the new value of the boiler upgrade grant, and

(b)

the date on which that new value will take effect, which must be a date at least 28 days after the date on which the grant change notice is published.

F5(5)

Where the set of grant categories is replaced as a result of a review described in paragraph (2A), the Secretary of State must publish a notice (a “grant category change notice”) specifying—

(a)

the new set of grant categories that will be available,

(b)

the values of the boiler upgrade grants for those grant categories, and

(c)

the date on which the new set of grant categories will take effect, which must be a date at least 28 days after the date on which the grant change notice is published.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 13(1) substituted (8.5.2024) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 11(a) (with reg. 25)
F2: Word in reg. 13(1) substituted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 9 (with reg. 19)
F3: Reg. 13(2A)(2B) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 11(b) (with reg. 25)
F4: Words in reg. 13(3) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 11(c) (with reg. 25)
F5: Reg. 13(5) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 11(d) (with reg. 25)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 13 in force at 23.5.2022, see reg. 1(1)