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Regulation 10 Eligibility statement

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(1)

The Secretary of State must publish an eligibility statement for each scheme year.

(2)

An “eligibility statement” is a document which describes the criteria adopted by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing the prescribed rebate in a scheme year to persons living in fuel povertyf1 or in a fuel poverty risk groupf2.

(3)

An eligibility statement—

(a)

may be for one or more scheme years;

(b)

must state which scheme year or years it is for.

(4)

The Secretary of State may amend an eligibility statement for—

(a)

a scheme year, or

(b)

where a statement is for more than one scheme year, any or all of those scheme years.

(5)

The Secretary of State must publish the amended eligibility statement.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

For the meaning of “living in fuel poverty”, see section 15(2)(a) of the Energy Act 2010.

f2

For the meaning of “fuel poverty risk group”, see section 15(5) of the 2010 Act.