{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-grants-regulations-1992/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Home Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-grants-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Claim for and payment of grant",
  "text": "(1) The conditions for payment of grant in respect of works in a dwelling are that—\n(a) the work in respect of which a grant was approved has been completed by the nominated contractor or any sub-contractor of his, by another eligible contractor approved by the administering agency for the area for the purpose of carrying out that work or, except where the work consists of energy advice, by the applicant himself;\n(b) a claim in respect of that work has been made to the administering agency for the area;\n(c) except where the work has been carried out by a network installer, the claim referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above has been made within such period from the date on which the grant was approved as the administering agency for the area may specify;\n(d) the claim is in such form as is required by the administering agency for the area and contains—\n(i) a declaration signed either by the applicant or by a person specified or of a description specified by that administering agency that the work has been carried out;\n(ii) a declaration signed by or on behalf of the appropriate person that the work had not been started nor, where the applicant carried out the work himself, the materials purchased before notice was given in accordance with sub- paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph (3) of regulation 7 or received in accordance with paragraph (3) of regulation 8 as appropriate;\n(iii) a declaration signed by or on behalf of the appropriate person that the work complies with the standards provided for in paragraph (2) of regulation 5; and\n(iv) where energy advice has been given, a declaration signed by or on behalf of the appropriate person that the advice was given by a person possessing such qualifications as may have been laid down from time to time by the administering agency for the area with the approval of the Secretary of State; and\n(e) in any case where the administering agency for the area has inspected the dwelling, it is satisfied that the work complies with the standards provided for in paragraph (2) of regulation 5.\n(2) Where the conditions for payment are satisfied, the administering agency for the area shall, at such time as it may determine, pay the grant—\n(a) in a case where the work has been carried out by a network installer, to the network installer; and\n(b) in any other case to the applicant, provided that if the applicant so requests in writing that administering agency may pay the grant to any person or body of persons authorised by him to receive the payment.\n(3) Where the nominated contractor has carried out the work but the condition specified in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (1) is not satisfied and the applicant arranges for another eligible contractor (“the second contractor”) approved by the administering agency pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) to complete the work so that that condition is satisfied, the administering agency may (provided that the other conditions for payment are satisfied)—\n(a) pay to the second contractor the amount properly charged for the work done by him or the amount of grant calculated in accordance with regulation 9 whichever is the less; and\n(b) pay to the nominated contractor any balance after deducting the amount paid to the second contractor from the amount of the grant calculated in accordance with regulation 9.\n(4) In this regulation “the appropriate person” means the eligible contractor who carried out or arranged for the carrying out of the work in respect of which a grant has been approved, or where the work has been carried out by the applicant himself, the applicant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/587",
      "affecting_title": "The Home Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/483/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:27:41.797882+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."
}