The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021

Amendments to Schedule 4 (industry initiatives)

22.  In Schedule 4—

(a) the existing table becomes Part 1;

(b) at the beginning of that Part, insert as a Part heading—

“PART 1

Table of industry initiatives”;

(c) in that Part, in the table—

(i) in the third row (provision of energy efficiency measures, thermal efficiency measures, etc), in the second column insert—

“A supplier may not count costs arising from the installation of a boiler or central heating system unless the installation meets the requirements of Part 2 of this Schedule.”;

(ii) in the sixth row (provision of assistance to reduce or cancel debts), for the entry in the second column substitute—

“A supplier may not count—

(a) costs arising from a billing error by the supplier;

(b) the part of any costs of debt write-off in relation to a domestic customer that exceeds £2,000 in a scheme year.”;

(iii) in the eighth row (provision of energy advice or energy efficiency measures to domestic consumers who are in fuel poverty, etc), in the second column insert—

“A supplier may not count costs arising from the installation of a boiler or central heating system unless the installation meets the requirements of Part 2 of this Schedule.”;

(iv) in the final row (payments towards gas or electricity bills), in the second column omit paragraphs (c) and (d);

(d) after that Part, insert—

“PART 2 Requirements for installations of boilers and central heating systems

1.   The installation of a boiler meets the requirements of this Part if the conditions in paragraph 2 or 3 are met.

2.   The conditions in this paragraph are met if—

(a) the boiler is installed by, or under the responsibility of, a person who is registered with TrustMark for the purposes of installing boilers; and

(b) a certificate of lodgement is issued by the operator of TrustMark in respect of the installation.

3.   The conditions in this paragraph are met if the boiler is installed subject to arrangements for quality assurance and consumer protection, including arrangements for repairs and other remedies and arrangements for compliance with PAS 2030:2019 and PAS 2035:2019, which are equivalent to the requirements under TrustMark.

4.   The installation of a central heating system meets the requirements of this Part if the conditions in paragraph 5 or 6 are met.

5.   The conditions in this paragraph are met if—

(a) the central heating system is installed by, or under the responsibility of, a person who is registered with TrustMark for the purposes of installing central heating systems; and

(b) a certificate of lodgement is issued by the operator of TrustMark in respect of the installation.

6.   The conditions in this paragraph are met if the central heating system is installed subject to arrangements for quality assurance and consumer protection, including arrangements for repairs and other remedies and arrangements for compliance with PAS 2030:2019 and PAS 2035:2019, which are equivalent to the requirements under TrustMark.

PART 3 Interpretation

In this Schedule—

“central heating system” means a system which provides heat for the purposes of space heating through a boiler or other heat source connected to one or more separate heat emitters and where the heat source and heat emitters are all situated in the same domestic premises or building;

“certificate of lodgement” means a document entitled “TrustMark Certificate of Lodgement” which sets out the address at which a measure has been installed and the type of measure;

“debt write-off” has the same meaning as in regulation 15(6);

“installation” includes the carrying out of a repair, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;

“PAS 2030:2019” means Publicly Available Specification 2030:2019(1);

“PAS 2035:2019” means Publicly Available Specification 2035:2019(2);

“TrustMark” means the scheme of that name operated by TrustMark (2005) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 05480144.”.

(1)

ISBN 978 0 539 12816 1. This specification for the installation of energy efficiency measures in existing dwellings and insulation in residential park homes was published by the British Standards Institution on 29th February 2020.

(2)

ISBN 978 0 539 06020 1. This specification and guidance for retrofitting dwellings for improved energy efficiency was published by the British Standards Institution on 29th February 2020.