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3.—(1) In regulation 2(1)—
(a)for the definition of “couple” substitute—
““couple” means—
two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or
two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as a married couple;”;
(b)in the definition of “the prescribed rebate”, in paragraph (d), for “years 4 and 5” substitute “years 4, 5, 6 and 7”;
(c)for the definition of “scheme year” (including the definition of “scheme year” followed by a number from 1 to 5) substitute—
““scheme year” means a period—
from the commencement date to 31st March 2012 (“scheme year 1”);
of 12 months commencing on 1st April in any of the years 2012 to 2015 (and “scheme year” followed by a number from 2 to 5 means the scheme year commencing in 2012, 2013, 2014 or 2015, as the case may be);
from the third commencement date to 31st May 2017 (“scheme year 6”); or
from 1st June 2017 to 31st March 2018 (“scheme year 7”);”;
(d)after the definition of “second commencement date” insert—
““specified activity” has the meaning given in regulation 27A(1);”;
(e)after the definition of “state pension credit” insert—
““third commencement date” means the date on which the Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 come into force;”.
(2) After regulation 2(2) insert—
“(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a prescribed rebate is undelivered if—
(a)the rebate was provided to a customer by tendering payment of the amount of the prescribed rebate to the customer, and the customer has not accepted that payment; or
(b)the rebate was provided to a customer who pre-pays for electricity or gas with credit in the amount of the prescribed rebate against the cost of future electricity or gas use, and the customer has not accepted that credit.”.
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