# The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022, Regulation 3: Interpretation: general


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2011 Regulations” means the Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011;
“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—
(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
(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;
“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;
“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;
“guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“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—
(a) a compulsory scheme electricity supplier; or
(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—
(a) the period beginning with the commencement day and ending with 31st March 2023 (“scheme year 12”); or
(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—
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
(b) a day which is a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in Scotland.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a licensed supplier is connected to another licensed supplier if they both belong to the same group of companies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348236835/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-3
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