{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-energy-efficiency-grants-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/195",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-energy-efficiency-grants-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“administering agency” means a body appointed by the Department under regulation 3(2);\n“Affordable Warmth grant” means a grant payable for any of the purposes set out in regulation 4(2A)\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“Boiler Replacement grant” means a grant payable for the purposes of regulation 4(1A);\n“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;\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“energy advice” means advice on reducing or preventing the wastage of energy in a dwelling;\n“network installers” means bodies engaged to perform functions under these Regulations on behalf of the administering agency;\n“public sector tenancy” means a tenancy granted by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive or a registered housing association;\n“registered housing association” has the same meaning as in the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992\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.\n“Warm Homes grant” means a grant payable for any of the purposes set out in regulation 4(1);\n“Warm Homes Plus grant” means a grant payable for any of the purposes set out in regulation 4(2);\n“works” means any of the works, materials or energy advice specified in regulation 4.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (7.10.2016) by The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/333), regs. 1(1), 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (7.10.2016) by The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/333), regs. 1(1), 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (7.10.2016) by The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/333), regs. 1(1), 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (7.10.2016) by The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/333), regs. 1(1), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (7.10.2016) by The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/333), regs. 1(1), 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.7.2009, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 C. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/1725 (N.I. 15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/195/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:31:45.119716+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}