The Home Energy Efficiency Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2011

Purposes for which a grant may be approved E+W

6.—(1) An application for a grant may be approved if it relates to one or more of the following purposes—

(a) the provision of insulation in any accessible roof space in the dwelling, including the insulation of any cold water tank and any water pipe in such a space;

(b) the provision of insulation between the internal and external leaves of external cavity walls of the dwelling, and to any solid wall;

(c) the provision of draught proofing to or in the dwelling together with additional means of ventilation for any rooms which would otherwise be inadequately ventilated after such provision;

(d) the provision of insulation to any water heating system or accessible hot water pipes associated with the heating system;

(e) the provision of gas room convector heaters with thermostat control;

(f) the provision of electric storage heaters;

(g) the provision of either an electric dual-element immersion heater and a factory-insulated tank or an electric or gas immersion heater within an existing hot water cylinder;

(h) the provision of timer controls for electric space and water heaters;

(i) the provision of improvements to the energy efficiency of, or the replacement of any part of, or repair of any space or water heating system installed in the dwelling (including installation of a new boiler and any improvements to the existing space or water heating system to facilitate such installation);

(j) the provision of a central heating system of any fuel type (including systems which generate electricity);

(k) the conversion of open solid fuel room fires to closed solid fuel room fires;

(l) the provision of a central heating system of any fuel type connected to the local community heating grid;

(m) the provision of space or water heating systems (including heat pumps) which use energy from renewable sources; and for these purposes—

““renewable sources” (“ffynonellau adnewyddadwy”) means sources of energy other than peat, fossil fuel or nuclear fuel; and

“fossil fuel” (“tanwydd ffosil”) means coal, substances produced directly or indirectly from coal, lignite, natural gas, crude liquid petroleum, or petroleum products (and “natural gas” and “petroleum products” have the same meanings as in the Energy Act 1976 M1 ;”

(n) the provision of water-saving measures;

[F1 (na) the provision of low energy light bulbs;]

(o) the provision of any works similar to those listed in this Regulation 6(1), or which are necessary or ancillary to or associated with the carrying out of such works; and

(p) the provision of such additional works as may be specified by the area agency with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.

(2) No application is to be approved unless the dwelling and the subject matter of each category of works mentioned in the application meet such conditions as may be specified from time to time by the area agency with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.

(3) All works must comply with such standards as to materials, workmanship and energy efficiency performance of the subject matter of the works as may be laid down from time to time by the area agency with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.

(4) For the purposes of this Regulation, “roof space” (“gwagle to”) means space between the roof of a dwelling and the ceiling of any room used or available for use for the purpose of living accommodation, that space not being wholly separated from the roof by any other room.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 6(1)(na) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Home Energy Efficiency Schemes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/319), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 7)

Marginal Citations

M1 1976 c. 76.