Regulation 2 Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2000

(1)

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2000^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (persons who may apply for a grant)—

(a)

omit the word “or” after sub-paragraph (d); and

(b)

for sub-paragraph (e) substitute the following sub-paragraphs—

“(e)

is in receipt of—

(i)

child tax credit; or

(ii)

working tax credit which includes a disability element,

(as provided for in the Tax Credits Act 2002^f2) and has a relevant income of less than £14,200; and for these purposes “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002; or

(f)

is, or is living with a spouse who is, in receipt of state pension credit (as provided for in the State Pension Credit Act 2002^f3) and has attained, or is living with a spouse who has attained, the age of 60.”.

(3)

In paragraph (2) omit the words “working families tax credit”.

(4)

In paragraph (3)(b) omit the words “and disabled persons tax credit (as provided for in Part VII of the 1992 Act)”.

(5)

In paragraph (3) of regulation 6 (grant maximums) after “regulation 4(1)(c)” add “or (f)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2000/1280, amended by S.I. 2002/115 and S.I. 2003/1017.
f2: 2002 c. 21; see section 11(3) and (4) of the Act for a definition of “disability element”.
f3: 2002 c. 16.