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The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2005-03-10

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 10th March 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 11th March 2005

Coming into force: 21st April 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Social Security Act 1990[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 21st April 2005.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997

2

The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997[^f00002] are amended as follows.

3

In regulation 4(1)(d)[^f00003], for “£14,600” substitute “£15,050”.

Signed

MALCOLM CHISHOLM — A member of the Scottish Executive — 10th March 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/790) (“the 1997 Regulations”) which provide for the making of grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in dwellings occupied by persons on low income or elderly persons. These Regulations amend the 1997 Regulations as regards Scotland only.

Regulation 3 amends the financial limit in regulation 4(1)(d) of the 1997 Regulations in relation to increases in the income threshold for eligibility for grant for persons in receipt of child tax credit and working tax credit in line with increases to these payments effective from 6th April 2005.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 27: section 15 was amended by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53), section 142. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was revoked by section 55 of that Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1997/790 as amended by S.I. 1999/1018 and S.S.I. 2001/267, 2003/284 and 529 and 2004/188.

[^f00003]: Regulation 4(1)(d) was inserted by S.S.I. 2003/284 and relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2004/188.

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