# The Electricity and Gas (Carbon Emissions Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2009, Article 3: Amendment of article 2 (interpretation)


(1) Article 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) at the appropriate place, insert—
““energy assessor” means a person with any of the following qualifications—
(a) City and Guilds (6176) in Energy Awareness;
(b) Level 3 of the National Vocational Qualification 6049-03 (Provide Energy Efficiency Services);
(c) a qualification based on units one to five of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Home and Community Energy Advisers which qualification is awarded by a body which has been approved and quality assured by the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator; or
(d) an equivalent qualification that is recognised by a member State of the European Union, an EEA State or Turkey;”;
““home energy advice package” has the meaning given in Schedule A1;”;
““loft insulation plus” means—
(a) the provision to a domestic energy user of loft insulation which adds to existing loft insulation which is at least 60mm in depth and where that additional insulation is installed by a person with appropriate experience or qualifications; or
(b) the promotion of loft insulation through a retail outlet,
where the provision or promotion, as applicable, takes place between 11th September 2008 and 31st July 2009;;”;
““real-time display” means a device which, together with a transmitter used in connection with it, provides information relating to—
(a) a domestic energy user’s electricity consumption; and
(b) the cost of that consumption,
and does so at the time the consumption occurs;;”;
““short-life battery” means a battery which is not expected to power—
(a) a real-time display; or
(b) a transmitter used in connection with such a display,
for more than one year under normal conditions of use;.”.
(3) In paragraph (b) of the definition of “priority group” for “£15,592” substitute “£16,040”.
(4) In paragraph (1) revoke the definitions of “cogeneration unit” and “microcogeneration”.
(5) For paragraph (3)(b) substitute—
“(b) a market transformation action means—
(i) the provision of solid wall insulation or microgeneration units where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions;
(ii) the provision of a real-time display;
(iii) the provision of a home energy advice package; or
(iv) any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2001 Order.”.
(6) In paragraph (3)(c) for “promotion” substitute “provision”.
(7) For paragraph (3)(d) substitute—
“(d) a standard action means an action which—
(i) will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; or
(ii) is the provision of a real-time display or a home energy advice package.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1904/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-carbon-emissions-reduction-amendment-order-2009/article-3
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