{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014/article-16A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3219",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2014",
  "path": "article/16A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Conditions to be met for heating qualifying actions completed after 31st March 2017",
  "text": "(1) This article applies for the purpose of the definition of “heating qualifying action” in article 16(3).\n(2) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if the measure is installed at private domestic premises which are occupied by a member of the help to heat group.\n(3) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—\n(a) the measure is installed at private domestic premises;\n(b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of a heating qualifying action at the premises; and\n(c) on or after publication of its statement of intent, the local authority has—\n(i) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; or\n(ii) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, the premises are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.\n(4) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—\n(a) it is solid wall insulation installed at private domestic premises;\n(b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of the solid wall insulation at the premises;\n(c) the local authority has made a statement in writing that—\n(i) the premises are situated in a semi-detached house, a semi-detached bungalow or a building containing no more than two domestic premises; and\n(ii) to the best of the local authority’s knowledge and belief, both houses or bungalows in the pair of semi-detached properties or both premises in the building referred to in paragraph (i) are private domestic premises; and\n(d) on or after publication of its statement of intent, the local authority has—\n(i) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, at least one of the premises in the pair of semi-detached properties or in the building referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i) is occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; or\n(ii) made a statement in writing that, in the opinion of the local authority, at least one of the premises in the pair of semi-detached properties or in the building referred to in sub-paragraph (c)(i) is occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.\n(5) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—\n(a) it is solid wall insulation installed at private domestic premises;\n(b) a local authority has published a statement of intent and been consulted on the installation of the solid wall insulation at the premises;\n(c) the premises are included in a list of premises which—\n(i) has been created by the local authority on or after publication of its statement of intent;\n(ii) identifies any premises on the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living in fuel poverty; and\n(iii) identifies any other premises on the list which in the opinion of the local authority are occupied by a household living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home; and\n(d) the local authority has made a statement in writing that—\n(i) to the best of the local authority’s knowledge and belief, all of the premises included in the list referred to in sub-paragraph (c) are private domestic premises;\n(ii) all of the premises included in that list are situated in the same building, in immediately adjacent buildings or in the same terrace; and\n(iii) in the opinion of the local authority, at least 66% of the premises included in that list are occupied by households living in fuel poverty or by households living on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.\n(6) A measure meets the condition in this paragraph if—\n(a) the measure is installed at E, F or G social housing; and\n(b) the measure is—\n(i) installed to improve the insulating properties of domestic premises;\n(ii) the installation of a central heating system or a renewable heating measure in domestic premises which at no point prior to the installation were heated by a central heating system, a district heating system or an electric storage heater; or\n(iii) a relevant district heating connection to domestic premises which at no point prior to the connection were heated by a central heating system, a district heating system or an electric storage heater.\n(7) In this article—\n“central heating system” means a system which provides heat for the purpose of space heating through a boiler or other heat source connected to one or more separate heat emitters;\n“E, F or G social housing” means domestic premises described in Schedule 4A;\n“help to heat group” means a group of persons where each person in the group is awarded at least one of the benefits set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4B and meets any condition in relation to that benefit which is specified in that Schedule;\n“local authority” means—\n(a)a county council;\n(b)a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n(c)a district council;\n(d)a London Borough Council;\n(e)the Common Council of the City of London;\n(f)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(g)a county borough council;\n(h)a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“private domestic premises” means domestic premises other than premises described in Part 2 of Schedule 4;\n“renewable heating measure” means a measure for the generation of heat by means of a source of energy or technology mentioned in section 100(4) of the Energy Act 2008; and\n“statement of intent” means a description of how the local authority intends to identify households that may benefit from the installation of a heating qualifying action and are living—\n(a)in fuel poverty; or\n(b)on a low income and are vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 16A inserted (29.3.2017) by The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/490), arts. 1(1), 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3219/article/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:54:31.785918+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."
}