Scottish Statutory Instruments
Energy
Housing
Made
25th February 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6)(b) of the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 M1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 17(1)(a) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Marginal Citations
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fuel Poverty (Additional Amount in respect of Remote Rural Area, Remote Small Town and Island Area) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2. In these Regulations—
“the 2019 Act” means the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019,
“the Scottish Urban Rural Classification 2016” means the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 identifying urban and rural areas based on Settlement size and drive times and published on 29 March 2018 M2,
“remote rural area” means an area classified as such by the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 M3,
“remote small town” means a Settlement classified as such by the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016 M4,
“island area” means an area comprising of one or more islands, and “island” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 M5.
Marginal Citations
M2ISBN: 978-1-78851-620-4, https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-urban-rural-classification-2016/.
M3Table 2.1 (Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification, 6-fold) classifies this as “areas with a population of less than 3,000 people, and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a Settlement of 10,000 people or more”.
M4Table 2.1 (Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification, 6-fold) classifies this as “Settlements of 3,000 to 9,999 people, and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a Settlement of 10,000 or more”.
3. The Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, is to determine, in relation to households in remote rural areas, remote small towns and island areas, the additional amount.
KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
25th February 2020
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision in relation to the meaning of fuel poverty in the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”). Under section 3(10)(f) of the Act the “minimum income standard” applied to all households in Scotland is determined by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. Under section 3(6)(b) of the Act, households in remote rural areas, remote small towns and island areas have an additional amount applied when determining whether or not a household is in fuel poverty.
Regulation 2 defines remote rural areas, remote small town and island areas for the purposes of the additional amount and regulation 3 specifies that the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University will determine the additional amount.