Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019

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(1)The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 is amended as follows.

(2)Section 88 (statement on fuel poverty), together with the italic heading preceding it, is repealed.

(3)In section 89 (local housing strategies), after subsection (11) insert—

(12)For the purpose of subsection (5)(b), a person lives in fuel poverty if the person is a member of a household which is in fuel poverty for the purposes of the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019..

(4)Section 95 (meaning of “fuel poverty”), together with the italic heading preceding it, is repealed.

Commencement Information

I1S. 18(1)(2) in force at 19.9.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/277, reg. 2