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The Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2021-06-03

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 3rd June 2021

Coming into operation: 1st July 2021

The Department of Finance has consented to the making of the Regulations in accordance with Article 17(8) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2021.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009[^f00003].

Amendments to the principal Regulations

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The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3

In Regulation 5 (persons to whom a grant may be made)[^f00004] in paragraph (2B)[^f00005], for “£20,000” substitute “£23,000”.

Savings Provisions

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(1) Regulation 5 (persons to whom a grant may be made) of the principal Regulations, as that regulation had effect immediately before the relevant date, shall continue to apply to an Affordable Warmth Grant made before the relevant date.

(2) In paragraph (1) the relevant date means the date of coming into operation of these Regulations.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 3rd June 2021

David Polley — A senior officer of the Department for Communities

The Department of Finance consents to the Regulations

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 3rd June 2021

Patrick Neeson — A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations enable the Department for Communities to increase the income threshold for the making of grant for the improvement of energy efficiency in private sector dwellings occupied by persons on low incomes.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15) Article 17 was amended by S.I. 1996/2879 (N.I. 21) Article 3

[^f00002]: See S.R. 1997 No. 391, S.R. 1999 No. 481, Article 6(e) and Schedule 4, Part IV and S.R. 2016 No. 76

[^f00003]: S.R. 2009 No. 195; relevant amendments are S.R. 2014 No. 52 and S.R. 2016 No. 333

[^f00004]: Regulation 5 was amended by Regulation 5 of S.R. 2014 No. 52 and Regulation 6 of S.R. 2016 No. 333

[^f00005]: Regulation 5(2B) was inserted by Regulation 6 of S.R. 2016 No. 333

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