Regulation 5 Eligible properties

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a property is an eligible property where—

(a)

it is a building,

(b)

it is not social housing,

(c)

if it was, or will be, first occupied or used before the date on which the relevant eligible plant is commissioned—

(i)

it meets the requirements in regulation 6 (insulation requirements), and

(ii)

the system providing space heating or water heating, or both, of the property prior to the installation and commissioning of the eligible plant (the “original heating system”) is—

(aa)

fuelled by fossil fuel^f1, or

(bb)

an electric heating system, and

(d)

if it will be first occupied or used on or after the date on which the relevant eligible plant is commissioned, it meets the requirements in regulation 7 (requirements for new build properties).

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

“electric heating system” means a heating system which provides heat generated wholly or mainly from electricity, but does not include a heat pump,

(b)

“relevant eligible plant”, in relation to a property, means the eligible plant which is installed in relation to that property,

(c)

“social housing” has the meaning given in section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 100(3) of the 2008 Act for the definition of “fossil fuel”.
f2: 2008 c. 17.