The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 85

ENERGY CONSERVATION

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

Made

15th February 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

19th February 2007

Coming into force

6th April 2007

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Social Security Act 1990(1) and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 6th April 2007.

Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2006

2.  The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2006(2) are amended as follows.

3.  In regulation 7(2)(c), for “£15,460” substitute “£16,017”.

RHONA BRANKIN

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th February 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/570) (“the 2006 Regulations”) which provide for the making of grants for insulation and energy efficiency works and to install, repair or replace central heating systems. The 2006 Regulations also allow for the upgrading of partial or inefficient systems to persons entitled to claim the guarantee element of pension credit, and extend eligibility for insulation and energy efficiency measures to families with disabled children.

Regulation 3 amends the financial limit in regulation 7(2)(c) of the 2006 Regulations in relation to the income threshold for eligibility for grant for persons in receipt of child tax credit and working tax credit in line with increases to these credits effective from 6th April 2007.

(1)

1990 c. 27; section 15 was amended by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53), section 142. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

S.S.I. 2006/570.