{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-scheme-england-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-3", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-scheme-england-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json", "legislation": "uksi/2012/2140", "legislation_title": "The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-energy-efficiency-scheme-england-amendment-regulations-2012", "path": "regulation/3", "kind": "regulation", "number": "3", "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations", "text": "(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “administering agency” insert—\n““mobile home” means a caravan within the meaning of Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968) which is used as a dwelling for the purposes of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (powers of the Secretary of State), after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) In respect of an amount allocated to an administering agency under paragraph (4), the Secretary of State—\n(a) may re-allocate any such amount within a financial year; but\n(b) must not re-allocate any amounts which have already been allocated or provisionally allocated for the purpose of making grants in accordance with these Regulations.”.\n(4) In regulation 4 (persons who may apply for a grant)—\n(a) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) after “that” insert “, except where the dwelling is a mobile home,”; and\n(ii) for “55” substitute “63”;\n(b) for paragraph (3A) substitute—\n“(3A) This paragraph applies where P is, or is living with a partner who is, in receipt of—\n(a) child tax credit and has a relevant income of £15,860 or less;\n(b) income-related employment and support allowance and—\n(i) is receiving a work-related activity or support component; or\n(ii) has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or\n(iii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\n(c) income-based job seeker’s allowance and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\n(d) income support and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a qualifying component;\n(e) state pension credit;\n(f) working tax credit and has a relevant income of £15,860 or less and—\n(i) has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or\n(ii) is in receipt of a disabled worker element or severe disability element; or\n(iii) is aged 60 years or over.”;\n(c) in paragraph (4)—\n(i) after the definition of “householder” insert—\n““parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Children Act 1989;\n“qualifying child” means, in relation to a person in receipt of an allowance, income support or working tax credit, a child who ordinarily resides with that person and who—\n(a) is under the age of 16; or\n(b) is 16 or over but under the age of 20 and in full-time education (other than higher education within the meaning of section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996);”;\n(ii) after the definition of “qualifying component” insert—\n““relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”.\n(5) In regulation 9 (application for, and payment of, grant), in paragraph (4)—\n(a) after “allocated” where it first appears, insert “or re-allocated”; and\n(b) after “been”, insert “allocated or”.", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "1960 c.62." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "text": "1968 c.52." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f3", "text": "1992 c.14." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f4", "text": "Paragraph (4) was inserted by regulation 2(1) and (2) of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1893)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f5", "text": "Paragraph (2) was inserted by regulation 3(1) and (3)(a) of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/833)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f6", "text": "Paragraph (3A) was inserted by regulation 3(1) and (3)(a) of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/833)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f7", "text": "Child tax credit and working tax credit are provided for in Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f8", "text": "See Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f9", "text": "See section 1(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c 18)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f10", "text": "See section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f11", "text": "See section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16)." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f12", "text": "1989 c.41." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f13", "text": "1996 c.56." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f14", "text": "2002 c.21." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f15", "text": "Paragraph (4) was inserted by regulation 2(1) and (3) of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1893)." } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2140/regulation/3", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:21:46.561447+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." }