http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/10/section/1Home Energy Conservation Act 1995An Act to make provision for the drawing up of local energy conservation reports in relation to residential accommodation; to give the Secretary of State functions in connection therewith; and for related purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2019-07-17Expert Participation2019-04-01 Interpretation. 1 1 In this Act— “ energy conservation authority ” means— in England and Wales, a local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985, in Scotland, a local authority within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, and in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; “ energy conservation measures ” includes information, advice, education, promotion, any available financial assistance, making grants and loans and carrying out works; “ residential accommodation ” means— premises occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling and forming the whole or part of a building, oraaa house in multiple occupation, that is—iin England and Wales, a house in multiple occupation as defined by sections 254 to 259 of the Housing Act 2004, as they have effect for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act (that is, without the exclusions contained in Schedule 14 to that Act),ii in Scotland, an HMO (within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1)) which requires to be licensed under Part 5 of that Act , and iiiin Northern Ireland, a house in multiple occupation as defined by section 1 of the Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 , oraba house-boat, that is, a boat or other floating decked structure—idesigned or adapted for use solely as a place of permanent habitation, andiinot having means of, or capable of being readily adapted for, self-propulsion,which, in the case of a house-boat in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, is a dwelling for the purposes of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or , in the case of a house-boat in Northern Ireland, is a dwelling-house for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, orba mobile home, that is—i in England and Wales or Scotland, a caravan within the meaning of Part I of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968) which is a dwelling for the purposes of Part I or II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, ii in Northern Ireland, a caravan within the meaning of the Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 which is a dwelling-house for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977. 2Any reference in this Act to the area of an energy conservation authority is—a in the case of a local housing authority in England and Wales, to the area of that authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985, bin the case of a local authority in Scotland, to the area of that authority, andcin the case of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, to Northern Ireland.S. 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1997: s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 9(2); s. 1 in force (E.) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3340, arts. 2, 3; (N.I.) (1.4.1996) by S.R. 1995/455, art. 2; and (S.) (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2797, art. 2; and (W.) (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3181, art. 21985 c. 68. 1987 c. 26. S. 1(1): paras. (aa) and (ab) in definition of “residential accommodation” inserted by 1996 c. 38, s. 1(2) (in force (S.) (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2796, art. 2; and (N.I.) (5.12.1996) by S.R. 1996/559, art. 2; and (E.W.) (14.1.1997 for specified provisions, otherwise 1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/47, art. 2).Words in s. 1(ab) in definition of “residential accommodation” repealed (N.I.) (11.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/659 (N.I. 3), art. 8(1)(a)Words in s. 1(ab) in definition of “residential accommodation” substituted (N.I.) (11.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/659 (N.I. 3), art. 8(1)(b)1960 c. 62. 1968 c. 52. 1992 c. 14. 1963 c. 17 (N.I.). S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28). 1985 c. 68. Para (aa)(i) of the definition of “residential accommodation” in s. 1(1) substituted (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 15 para. 38; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(b) (with Sch.)Words in paragraph (aa)(ii) of the definition of “residential accommodation” in s. 1(1) substituted (31.8.2011) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), Sch. 6 para. 18 (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2010/159, art. 3Words in definition of “energy conservation measures” in s. 1(1) inserted (21.3.2012) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 118(2), 121(1); S.I. 2012/873, art. 2(c)Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2019) by Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 22), s. 90(2), Sch. 7 para. 4; S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)