# The Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013, Regulation 4: Conditions of grant

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(1) Works for which a grant is made must only be carried out by network installers.
(2) If access is not made available to the dwelling or the applicant for a grant fails to co‑operate with an administering agency or its agents to allow works to be carried out, a grant may be withdrawn.
(3) If the applicant occupies a dwelling as a tenant, the grant may only be made if the landlord consents to the work.
(4) No grant may be made unless the dwelling is suitable for the proposed works.
(5) If the applicant resides in a dwelling which has been assessed as eligible to receive any heating qualifying action under article 15 of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012, no grant may be made.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), no grant may be made in respect of any dwelling for which a grant under these Regulations or the 2009 Regulations has been made within the previous ten years.
(7) Where the circumstances in paragraph (8) are met in respect of a dwelling, paragraph (6) will apply to that dwelling from the date on which a second grant is made under these Regulations in respect of it.
(8) The circumstances are that—
(a) a grant of an amount not exceeding £750 has been made under these Regulations or the 2009 Regulations in respect of the dwelling; and
(b) prior to the making of that grant, no grant had been made under these Regulations or the 2009 Regulations in respect of the dwelling.
(9) All works must comply with such standards as to materials and quality of work as may be laid down from time to time by an administering agency with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
(10) The offer of a grant may be made conditional on the carrying out of other works.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/148/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-assistance-scheme-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-4
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