Explanatory note

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997 provide for the making of grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in dwellings occupied by persons on low income or elderly persons. These Regulations amend those 1997 Regulations as regards Scotland only. They allow a works application for a grant to be approved for more than one of the purposes specified in regulation 5(1) of the 1997 Regulations, alter the maximum amount payable as grant in respect of a works application, and change the nature of the statement which must be made in grant applications about previous grants paid or applied for relative to the dwelling in question.