Regulation 6 Person eligible to apply for a grantI1

be the owner or tenant of the dwelling to which the application relates, either alone or jointly with others;

have occupied the dwelling as their only or main residence for at least one year, except where the circumstances in paragraph (2) apply;

not expect to cease to occupy the dwelling within the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the works are completed, except where that person, or a partner living with that person, is terminally ill; and

meet the criteria in all or any of paragraphs (3) to (8).

the person making the application, or a partner living with that person, is terminally ill; and

no applicant has previously been excepted from the condition in paragraph (1)(b) in respect of any other dwelling by virtue of that person being terminally ill.

has attained or lives with a partner who has attained the age of 60; and

lives in a dwelling which does not have a central heating system.

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of carer’s allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act^f1; and

lives in an energy inefficient dwelling.

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of F1council tax reduction or a benefit listed in paragraph (9);

lives in an energy inefficient dwelling; and

either—

either—

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of F8council tax reduction or a benefit listed in paragraph (9) other than disability living allowance F9, Scottish adult disability living allowance, a personal independence payment F10, child disability payment F11, adult disability payment or armed forces independence payment; and

lives in an energy inefficient dwelling.

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of a mobility supplement of the type described in paragraph (9)(e) or who is in receipt of the intermediate rate or exceptional rate of a constant attendance allowance as described in that paragraph;

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of F12council tax reduction or a benefit listed in paragraph (9), other than those set out in sub-paragraph (e); and

lives in an energy inefficient dwelling.

is or lives with a partner who is terminally ill;

is or lives with a partner who is in receipt of F13council tax reduction or a benefit in paragraph (9) other than armed forces independence payment, disability living allowance F14, Scottish adult disability living allowance, a personal independence payment F15, child disability payment F16, adult disability payment,, or the benefits set out in sub-paragraph (e) of that paragraph; and

lives in an energy inefficient dwelling.

guarantee credit as mentioned in section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f3;

child tax credit or working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002^f4 where—

attendance allowance, that is to say—

pension age disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024,

disability living allowance (within the meaning of section 71 of the 1992 Act)^f9, a personal independence payment (within the meaning of section 77 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012), armed forces independence payment, housing benefit and income support (each as provided for in Part VII of the 1992 Act)^f10, industrial injuries disablement benefit under sections 103 to 105 of the 1992 Act (where it includes constant attendance allowance) and an income‑based jobseeker’s allowance (within the meaning of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f11);

child disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021,

adult disability payment given in accordance with the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022,

Scottish adult disability living allowance given in accordance with the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025;

a mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006^f12 (including such a supplement payable by virtue of the application of that article by any other scheme or order) or under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983^f13 (including that article as applied by article 48A of that Scheme), or a payment intended to compensate for the non-payment of such a supplement, or a payment of constant attendance allowance under article 8 of that Order^f14;

employment and support allowance within the meaning of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007^f15F21;

universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, where in any of the assessment periods for which universal credit is payable in accordance with section 7 of that Act that precede the application for a grant—