{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-energy-efficiency-grants-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-energy-efficiency-grants-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/333",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-energy-efficiency-grants-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “administering agency” insert—\n““Affordable Warmth grant” means a grant payable for any of the purposes set out in regulation 4(2A)”.\n(2) For the definition of “affordable warmth survey” substitute the following definition—\n““affordable warmth survey” means a survey of homes identified by the Ulster University as most at risk of fuel poverty by Census Output Area or a local council survey of homes considered to be at risk of fuel poverty;”.\n(3) For the definition of “benefit entitlement check” substitute—\n““benefit entitlement check” means a process to establish whether an applicant for an Affordable Warmth grant might be entitled to claim any social security benefit or tax credit;”.\n(4) After the definition of “benefit entitlement check” insert—\n““Boiler Replacement grant” means a grant payable for the purposes of regulation 4(1A);”.\n(5) After the definition of “registered housing association” insert—\n““technical inspection” means inspection of a dwelling carried out by or on behalf of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the purposes of an Affordable Warmth grant.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 4 (2A) is inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “affordable warmth survey” was inserted by regulation 3 of S.R. 2014 No. 52"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/333/regulation/3",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}