Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) enable the Department for Social Development to make or arrange for the making of grant for the improvement of energy efficiency in dwellings occupied by persons on low incomes with children, elderly persons on low incomes and persons in receipt of benefit relating to ill health or disability. These Regulations amend the 2002 Regulations as follows.
The list of persons in regulation 4 of the 2002 Regulations who may apply for a grant is amended to include a person who is in receipt of working tax credit which includes a disability element.
Regulation 4 adds to the list of persons eligible to apply for a grant a person who is, or who is living with a spouse who is, in receipt of state pension credit.