{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348281293",
  "legislation_title": "The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-warm-home-discount-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Adjustment of non-core spending obligation: scheme year 16",
  "text": "(1) The adjustments that must be made to the non-core spending obligation for scheme year 16 (“O”) of a compulsory scheme electricity supplier (“C”) are as follows.\n(2) O must be adjusted in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4) if I is less than or exceeds S where—\n(a) “I” is the amount of spending incurred by C under Part 4 of the 2022 Regulations in scheme year 15 (as determined by the Authority in accordance with regulation 30 of those Regulations);\n(b) “S” is C’s non-core spending obligation under Part 4 of the 2022 Regulations for scheme year 15 as adjusted, where required, in accordance with regulation 18 of those Regulations.\n(3) If I is less than S, O must be adjusted by adding (S - I).\n(4) If I exceeds S, O must be adjusted by subtracting the lesser of—\n(a) (I - S); and\n(b) the relevant amount.\n(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the “relevant amount” is—\n(a) 5% of S; or\n(b) where C notified the Authority of its intention to meet all or part of a failed supplier’s non-core spending obligation for scheme year 15 in accordance with regulation 32 of the 2022 Regulations, 10% of S.\n(6) Whether or not an adjustment is made under paragraph (2), O must be adjusted by adding an amount equal to the undelivered rebate amount.\n(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6), the “undelivered rebate amount” is £150 multiplied by—\n(a) where C has made a notification under regulation 11(8) of the 2022 Regulations in respect of scheme year 15, the number of prescribed rebates as stated in that notification;\n(b) where C has made a notification under regulation 23(5) of those Regulations in respect of scheme year 15, the number of prescribed rebates as stated in that notification;\n(c) where C has made notifications mentioned in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), the sum of the number of prescribed rebates as stated in those notifications.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348281293/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:39.468762+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."
}