Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 17(1)(a) of the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2020 No.
The Fuel Poverty (Additional Amount in respect of Remote Rural Area, Remote Small Town and Island Area) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
Made
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6)(b) of the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 20191 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 17(1)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Fuel Poverty (Additional Amount in respect of Remote Rural Area, Remote Small Town and Island Area) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“the 2019 Act” means the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019,
“the Scottish Urban Rural Classification 2016” means the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 identifying urban and rural areas based on Settlement size and drive times and published on 29 March 20182,
“remote rural area” means an area classified as such by the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 20163,
“remote small town” means a Settlement classified as such by the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 20164,
“island area” means an area comprising of one or more islands, and “island” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 20185.
Specification of person to determine the additional amount for households in a remote rural area, remote small town or island area3
The Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, is to determine, in relation to households in remote rural areas, remote small towns and island areas, the additional amount.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)