# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012, Paragraph 1


(1) In relation to England and Wales, householder means a person who is, in relation to domestic premises,—
(a) a freeholder;
(b) a leaseholder with a term of 21 years or more unexpired at the time a supplier offers to carry out an action;
(c) a tenant, other than a tenant within sub-paragraph (f) or to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies;
(d) a holder of a licence to occupy, which meets the conditions in paragraph 12(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985;
(e) a holder of an assured agricultural occupancy under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988; or
(f) a protected tenant under section 1, Part 1 of the Rent Act 1977.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies,—
(a) in relation to premises in England, to a tenant of low cost rental accommodation; and
(b) in relation to premises in Wales, to—
(i) a tenant of a dwelling-house let under Part IV of the Housing Act 1985;
(ii) a tenant of a dwelling let by a landlord registered as a social landlord under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996; or
(iii) a tenant of a local authority, other than under Part IV of the Housing Act 1985.
(3) In this paragraph—
(a) “low cost rental accommodation” has the same meaning as in section 69 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
(b) “tenant” includes a sub-tenant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111530276/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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