Regulation 4 Warm Home Discount Scheme for Scotland

(1)

These Regulations make provision for the further continuation, in Scotland, of the scheme for reducing fuel poverty (the “Scheme”) established by the Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011^f1 and continued in Scotland by the 2022 Regulations.

(2)

The Scheme, as continued by these Regulations—

(a)

is to be known as the Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Scheme; and

(b)

has effect during the period beginning with the commencement day and ending with 31st March 2031 (the “scheme period”).

(3)

The following duties and powers continue to apply after the end of the scheme period—

(a)

the duties of scheme suppliers^f2 under regulations 10, 11(4) and (7), 14, 15(5), 27(5) and 35(3);

(b)

the duties and powers of the Secretary of State under regulations 11(2), 12, 15 and 16;

(c)

the duties and powers of the Authority^f3 under regulations 35 and 36(1) and (2).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2011/1033, amended by S.I. 2014/695, 2015/652, 2016/806, 2018/909, 2019/1458 and 2021/667.
f2: “Scheme supplier” is defined in section 15(5) of the Energy Act 2010.
f3: “Authority” is defined in section 34 of the Energy Act 2010.