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The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/2430 · Made 14 September 2004

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ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENGLAND

Made 14th September 2004

Laid before the House of Commons 20th September 2004

Coming into force 15th October 2004

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 15 of the Social Security Act 1990f1 and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 27; section 15 was amended by section 142 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 15 are, so far as exercisable in or as regards Scotland, devolved to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). As regards Wales, those functions are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales concurrently with the Secretary of State; see the reference to the Social Security Act 1990 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and come into force on 15th October 2004.

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

In regulation 4(1)(e) of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2000f1 for the figure “£14,200” substitute “£14,600”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Whitty

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

8th September 2004

We consent,

Derek Twigg

John Heppell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

14th September 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1280, as amended) in regulation 4(1)(e) so as to raise the threshold of the relevant income for the purposes of the eligibility to apply for a grant for the improvement of energy efficiency in their dwellings of persons in receipt of child tax credit or working tax credit which includes a disability element from £14,200 to £14,600.