{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warm-home-discount-regulations-2011/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warm-home-discount-regulations-2011/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1033",
  "legislation_title": "The Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/warm-home-discount-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Chapter 3: Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter, and in Schedule 3—\n“discounted tariff” means a relevant supplier’s tariff for the supply of a fuel type to domestic customers paying by a particular payment method, which is cheaper than that supplier’s reference tariff for the supply of that fuel type with that payment method;\n“eligible customer”, in relation to a relevant supplier, means a domestic customer appearing to the supplier to meet criteria which were applied by the supplier in the period from 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011 to determine eligibility for a financial benefit provided by the supplier under a voluntary commitment;\n“fuel type” means—\n(a)electricity (other than as part of a supply of dual fuel);\n(b)gas (other than as part of a supply of dual fuel); or\n(c)dual fuel;\n“payment method” means—\n(a)standard credit;\n(b)direct debit; or\n(c)pre-payment;\n“reference tariff” means a tariff designated by the Authority under regulation 23(1);\n“relevant benefit” means—\n(a)a discounted tariff; or\n(b)a rebate (of any amount), other than one provided under Part 3 or under Chapter 2 of this Part; and\n“standard credit” means a payment method whereby payment—\n(a)is not made by direct debit; and\n(b)falls due periodically on or following the issue of a bill.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 25 in force at 1.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1033/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:55.966207+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."
}