{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348236835",
  "legislation_title": "The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Spending on industry initiatives by a compulsory scheme electricity supplier",
  "text": "(1) A compulsory scheme electricity supplier may in respect of a scheme year count towards its non-core spending obligation spending (excluding Value Added Tax) incurred in that scheme year on an activity of a kind listed in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (an “industry initiative”) by—\n(a) the supplier; or\n(b) a connected scheme gas supplier, to the extent permitted by regulation 26.\n(2) But spending on an industry initiative does not count towards a supplier’s non-core spending obligation if the spending—\n(a) is incurred pursuant to a requirement in—\n(i) any other enactment; or\n(ii) an electricity supply or gas supply licence;\n(b) is counted by a scheme supplier towards a spending obligation or target imposed by—\n(i) any other enactment; or\n(ii) an electricity supply or gas supply licence; or\n(c) falls within any exception in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 3.\n(3) In addition, spending on an industry initiative does not count towards a supplier’s non-core spending obligation unless—\n(a) the industry initiative has been notified to the Authority; and\n(b) either—\n(i) the spending takes place after the Authority approves the initiative; or\n(ii) in relation to scheme year 12, the spending takes place before the Authority decides whether to approve the initiative but the Authority subsequently approves it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236835/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:45:14.277667+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."
}