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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2018/article-17",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111171769",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2018",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Measures accompanied by a statement from a local authority",
  "text": "(1) A measure meets the condition in this article if—\n(a) the measure is installed at owner-occupied premises;\n(b) a local authority has been consulted on the installation of a qualifying action at the premises; and\n(c) that local authority has, on or after publication on its website of a statement of intent made in respect of the local authority—\n(i) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living on a low income in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost; or\n(ii) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.\n(2) A measure also meets the condition in this article if—\n(a) the measure is installed at A to E private rented premises;\n(b) paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) apply in respect of the premises; and\n(c) the measure is not the replacement or repair of a boiler, electric storage heater or central heating system that has broken down.\n(3) A measure also meets the condition in this article if—\n(a) the measure is installed at F, G or unrated private rented premises;\n(b) paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) apply in respect of the premises; and\n(c) the measure is—\n(i) solid wall insulation; or\n(ii) a renewable heating measure.\n(4) A measure also meets the condition in this article if—\n(a) it is solid wall insulation installed at private domestic premises;\n(b) a local authority has been consulted on the installation of the solid wall insulation at the premises;\n(c) that local authority has, on or after publication on its website of a statement of intent made in respect of the local authority, created a list of premises which—\n(i) includes the premises at which the measure is installed;\n(ii) identifies any premises in the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living on a low income in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost; and\n(iii) identifies any other premises in the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home; and\n(d) the local authority has made a statement in writing that—\n(i) to the best of the local authority’s knowledge and belief, all of the premises included in the list referred to in sub-paragraph (c) are private domestic premises;\n(ii) all of the premises included in that list are located in the same building, in immediately adjacent buildings or in the same terrace; and\n(iii) in the opinion of the local authority, at least 50% of the premises included in that list are occupied by households—\n(aa) living on a low income in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost; or\n(bb) living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.\n(5) In this article, “statement of intent” means—\n(a) a description of how a local authority intends to identify households that may benefit from a qualifying action and are living—\n(i) on a low income in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost; or\n(ii) on a low income and are vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home; or\n(b) a statement of intent within the meaning of article 16A of the 2014 Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111171769/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:04:08.440207+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."
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