The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012 No. 2079

PART 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Interpretation – sections 2(9), 2(10) and 3(9)

Definitions under section 2(9)

4.—(1) The definitions given in paragraph (1) have effect for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The following have effect—

“energy”, except in section 2 and regulation 28(2), means electricity;

“energy bill”, except in section 4(4) and Part 5, means—

(a)

where electricity is supplied to a green deal property, a demand for payment issued by the relevant energy supplier to the bill payer in respect of the supply of electricity to the property;

(b)

where no electricity is supplied to a green deal property, a demand by the relevant energy supplier for payment of green deal instalments;

“occupier” means, in respect of a property, a person who lawfully occupies a property but is not an owner of it;

“owner”, except in regulations 36 and 37 and Part 8, means, in respect of a property, a person who is—

(a)

a relevant title holder;

(b)

a tenant under a lease of the property; or

(c)

a licensee under a licence of the property,

but does not include a mortgagee not in possession of the property;

“relevant energy supplier” means—

(a)

a person who—

(i)

supplies energy to a property;

(ii)

holds a licence issued under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989 (electricity supply licences); and

(iii)

is a party to the Green Deal Arrangements Agreement; or

(b)

where no electricity is supplied to a green deal property, the person who last satisfied paragraph (a) in respect of that property.

Definition of “energy bill” for the purpose of section 4(4) and Part 5

5.  For the purpose of section 4(4) and Part 5, “energy bill” means a charge for the supply of any one or more of—

(a) electricity to a property;

(b) heat or hot water to the property;

(c) fuel, other than electricity, used to heat a property or to heat water at a property.

The bill payer where there is no supply of electricity to a green deal property

6.  In any period where no electricity is supplied to a green deal property, the bill payer for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act(2) and these Regulations is—

(a) the relevant title holder, unless that person has let the whole of the property under a registrable lease; or

(b) the tenant of the property under a registrable lease who has not further let the whole of the property under a registrable lease.

Definitions of qualifying assessment under section 3(9)

7.  For the purposes of section 3(9) and these Regulations, an energy efficiency assessment of a property is a qualifying assessment where it is carried out—

(a) by a green deal assessor in accordance with the assessor services specification; and

(b) in accordance with any provisions of the code of practice which apply to qualifying assessments.

(1)

The definitions given in this regulation and regulation 4 are made pursuant to section 2(9) of the Act.

(2)

This provision is made pursuant to section 2(10) of the Act.