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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-amendment-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111500095",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-amendment-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 2 (interpretation)",
  "text": "(1) Article 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) at the appropriate place, insert—\n““insulation obligation” means the amount of a supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation which is to be achieved by the promotion of measures in accordance with article 9(1A);”;\n““overall insulation target” has the meaning given by article 3(1)(a);”;\n““overall super priority group target” has the meaning given by article 3(1)(b);”;\n““professionally installed” means installed by a person, other than the householder, who has appropriate experience or qualifications;”;\n““qualifying component” means—\n(a) child tax credit which includes a disability or severe disability element;\n(b) a disabled child premium;\n(c) a disability premium, enhanced disability premium or severe disability premium;\n(d) a pensioner premium, higher pensioner premium or enhanced pensioner premium; ”;\n““super priority group” means the group of domestic energy users in the priority group where each member is in receipt of—\n(a) child tax credit and has a relevant income below £16,190 (where “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002);\n(b) income-related employment and support allowance, which must include a work-related activity or support component, and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\n(c) income-based job seeker’s allowance and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\n(d) income support and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a child under the age of five who ordinarily resides with that member; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\nor\n(e) state pension credit.”.\n““super priority group obligation” means the amount of a supplier’s carbon emissions reduction obligation which is to be achieved by the promotion of measures in accordance with article 13A;”.\n(3) In paragraph (b) of the definition of “priority group”, for “£16,040” substitute “£16,190”.\n(4) For paragraph (3)(b) and (c) substitute—\n“(b) a market transformation action means—\n(i) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 the provision of microgeneration units where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions;\n(ii) the provision of solid wall insulation where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions;\n(iii) the provision of a real-time display;\n(iv) the provision of a home energy advice package;\n(v) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 the provision of any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2001 Order; or\n(vi) on and from 1st April 2011 the provision of any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2004 Order;\n(c) a priority group flexibility action means the provision to a householder within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of the priority group—\n(i) between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 of ground source heat pumps in respect of a property which does not have a mains gas supply; or\n(ii) of solid wall insulation which lowers the U-value of the walls to 0.5 W/m2K or less;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c.21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111500095/article/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."
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