EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies certain sources of energy for the purpose of section 2(4)(a) of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16) (“the Act”), and energy efficiency improvements for the purpose of section 2(5)(b) of the Act.
Article 3 specifies sources of energy for the purpose of determining whether a measure is an energy efficiency improvement under section 2(4)(a) of the Act. The effect of article 3 is that measures that improve efficiency in a property in the use of biofuel, biomass, coal or petroleum products are energy efficiency improvements.
Under article 4, the measures of energy efficiency improvements in the Schedule to this Order are specified for the purposes of section 2(5)(b) of the Act.
Section 2(4)(a) of the Act, and articles 3 and 4 and the Schedule to this Order, define the class of energy efficiency improvements.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Green Deal Legislation Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .