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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-poverty-targets-definition-and-strategy-scotland-act-2019/section-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2019/10",
  "legislation_title": "Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fuel-poverty-targets-definition-and-strategy-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The interim targets",
  "text": "(1) This section makes provision for a number of interim fuel poverty targets.\n(2) The target is that in the year 2030—\n(a) no more than 15% of households in Scotland are in fuel poverty,\n(b) no more than 5% of households in Scotland are in extreme fuel poverty,\n(c) the median fuel poverty gap of households in Scotland in fuel poverty is no more than £350 adjusted in accordance with section 5(5) to take account of changes in the value of money.\n(3) The target is that in the year 2035—\n(a) no more than 10% of households in Scotland are in fuel poverty,\n(b) no more than 3% of households in Scotland are in extreme fuel poverty,\n(c) the median fuel poverty gap of households in Scotland in fuel poverty is no more than £300 adjusted in accordance with section 5(5) to take account of changes in the value of money.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 19.9.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/277, reg. 2"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/10/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:32:25.695440+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."
}