Regulation 3 Interpretation: general

In these Regulations—

• “the 2011 Regulations” means the Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011^f1;

• “aggregate non-core spending obligation” is to be read in accordance with regulation 14;

• “broader group customer” has the meaning given in regulation 21;

• “broader group rebate target” has the meaning given in regulation 20;

• “central heating system” means a system—

  1. (a)

     which provides heat for the purposes of space heating through a boiler or other heat source connected to one or more separate heat emitters; and

  2. (b)

     where the heat source and heat emitters are all situated in the same domestic premises or building;

• “the commencement day” means the day on which these Regulations come into force;

• “compulsory scheme electricity supplier”, other than in regulation 16(6)(a), has the meaning given in regulation 6(2);

• “core group customer” has the meaning given in regulation 9(2);

• “debt write-off” means the provision of assistance to reduce debts for electricity or gas supply to domestic premises by cancelling or reducing the debts;

• “electricity supply licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989^f2;

• “energy advice” means advice on reducing or preventing the wastage of energy in domestic premises;

• “gas supply licence” means a licence granted under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986^f3;

• “GB domestic customer” has the meaning given in regulation 2(2);

• “group of companies” means a holding company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, where “holding company” and “wholly-owned subsidiary” have the meanings given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006^f4;

• “guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f5;

• “industry initiative” has the meaning given in regulation 24(1);

• “non-core spending obligation” is to be read, other than in regulation 17(2)(b), in accordance with regulation 16;

• “obligation percentage”, in relation to a compulsory scheme electricity supplier and a scheme year, means the percentage determined in accordance with paragraph (3) of regulation 16;

• “prescribed rebate”, other than in regulation 17, means a rebate of £150;

• “rebate notice” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1);

• “the Scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 4;

• “scheme electricity supplier” means—

  1. (a)

     a compulsory scheme electricity supplier; or

  2. (b)

     a voluntary scheme electricity supplier;

• “scheme gas supplier” has the meaning given in regulation 6(8);

• “scheme year”, other than in the expression “scheme year 11”, means—

  1. (a)

     the period beginning with the commencement day and ending with 31st March 2023 (“scheme year 12”); or

  2. (b)

     a period of 12 months beginning with 1st April in any of the years from 2023 to 2025 (and “scheme year” followed by a number from 13 to 15 means the scheme year beginning in 2023, 2024 or 2025 respectively);

• “scheme year 11” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the 2011 Regulations;

• “Scotland domestic customer” has the meaning given in regulation 2(3);

• “smart meter advice” means advice on the benefits of using a smart meter in domestic premises;

• “voluntary scheme electricity supplier” has the meaning given in regulation 6(6);

• “working day” means a day other than—

  1. (a)

     a Saturday or a Sunday; or

  2. (b)

     a day which is a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f6 in Scotland.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a licensed supplier^f7 is connected to another licensed supplier if they both belong to the same group of companies.