Regulation 28 Amendment to Schedule 4 (industry initiatives)

In the shoulder note for Schedule 4, for “Regulation” substitute “Regulations 15A(3) and”.

At the end of Schedule 4 insert—

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Making, or funding the making by other persons of, payments towards the gas or electricity bills of domestic customers who are— (a) living in domestic premises which are non-gas fuelled; (b) living in a household with a person who has significant health problems or a disability; (c) living in a community where residents are wholly or mainly in fuel poverty, or in a fuel poverty risk group; or (d) supplied with gas or electricity through a pre-payment meter.

A supplier may not count— (a) the part of any payment in relation to a domestic customer that exceeds £140 in a scheme year; (b) payments in relation to charges incurred by a domestic customer before the date on which the payment was made; (c) payments to domestic customers eligible for a rebate from the supplier under Part 3; (d) payments to domestic customers who meet any eligibility criteria determined by the supplier and approved by the Authority in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4.

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