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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/790) (“the 1997 Regulations”) which 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 the 1997 Regulations as regards Scotland only.

Regulation 3 amends the financial limit in regulation 4(1)(d) of the 1997 Regulations in relation to increases in the income threshold for eligibility for grant for persons in receipt of child tax credit and working tax credit in line with increases to these payments effective from 6th April 2005.