Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 10) - Explanatory Notes

Explanatory Notes

Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019

2019 asp 10

18 July 2019

Commentary on Sections

General

Section 19

78. Section 19 applies a number of definitions across the whole Act as follows—

• it defines “the 2040 target” as the target that is set out in section 1(2),

• it defines “the 2040 target in relation to each local authority area in Scotland” as the target that is set out in section 1(3),

• “the fuel poverty targets” are defined as the targets set out in the Act: the two 2040 targets set out in section 1 and the two interim targets set out in section 2,

• “the Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel” is defined as the Panel which is established under section 14.

79. There are a number of other terms which are defined and applied locally in the Act. These are—

• “adjusted” (section 3(10)(a)),

• “benefits received for a care need or disability” (section 3(10)(b)),

• “childcare costs” (section 3(10)(c)),

• “extreme fuel poverty” (section 4),

• “four drivers of fuel poverty” (section 14(10)),

• “fuel poverty” (section 3),

• “fuel poverty gap” (section 5),

• “household” (section 3(10)(d)),

• “housing costs” (section 3(10)(e)),

• “minimum income standard” (section 3(10)(f)),

• “net income” (section 3(10)(g)),

• “operating period” (section 15(6)).

80. The terms “remote rural area”, “remote small town” and “island area” will be defined in regulations in accordance with sections 3(7)(a) and 3(9).