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Amendments to the Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2009

6.  In regulation 8 (amount of grant)—

(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the maximum amount of grant which may be made in respect of an application is─

(a)£4,000; or

(b)where paragraph (2) applies, £6,500.;

(b)after paragraph (3) insert—

(4) Where, in respect of any dwelling—

(a)the circumstances in regulation 4(5B) apply; and

(b)an application for a further grant under these Regulations is made within 10 years of the date of the grant referred to in regulation 4(5B)(a),

the maximum amount of grant which may be made in respect of that application is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph (5);

(5) The maximum amount of grant in paragraph (1) is reduced by the amount of the previous grant..