2010 No. 1893

Energy Conservation, England

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Social Security Act 19901, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 16th August 2010.

2

These Regulations apply to England only.

Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 20052

1

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 20052 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 3, after paragraph (3) insert—

4

For each financial year, the Secretary of State must allocate to an administering agency the sums which are to be available to that agency for the purpose of making grants in accordance with these Regulations in that year.

3

In regulation 9, for paragraph (4) substitute—

4

A works application must be refused where the sums allocated by the Secretary of State to the administering agency for the financial year in which the application falls to be determined have, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, been provisionally allocated in respect of work applications which have already been approved in accordance with these Regulations.

Gregory BarkerMinister of StateDepartment of Energy and Climate Change

We consent,

Michael FabricantBrooks NewmarkTwo of the Lords Commissioners ofHer Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (England) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) inserts a new regulation 3(4) into the 2005 Regulations. Under regulation 3(4) the Secretary of State must allocate to the administering agency for each financial year the money which is to be available to the agency for the purpose of making grant payments in accordance with the 2005 Regulations.

Regulation 2(3) substitutes a new regulation 9(4) into the 2005 Regulations. The new regulation 9(4) requires the administering agency to refuse an application for a grant where the sums allocated by the Secretary of State for the financial year in respect of which the application falls to be determined have already been awarded in respect of works applications which have been approved in accordance with the 2005 Regulations.