The Home Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/49
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Home Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 9th February 1995.

Section 2 Amendments

The Home Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations 1992 shall be amended as follows—

(a) for regulation 3(2) (definitions) substitute—

(2) For the purpose of this regulation a person shall not be treated as resident in a dwelling unless he is residing there as his only or main residence and—

“householder” means a person who, alone or jointly with others, is—

in England and Wales, a freeholder or tenant and “tenant” includes a sub-tenant and a person who has—

a protected occupancy or a statutory tenancy under the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 ;

(ii) a statutory tenancy under the Rent Act 1977 ;

(iii) a secure tenancy under Part IV of the Housing Act 1985 ;

(iv) a licence to occupy which meets the conditions in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to that Act (almshouse licences); or

(v) an assured agricultural occupancy under Part I of the Housing Act 1988 ; and

(b) in Scotland, an owner or tenant and “owner” includes any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey land to the promoters of an undertaking, and “tenant” includes a sub-tenant and a person who—

(i) is a statutory tenant under section 3(1) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 ;

(ii) has entered into a contract to which Part VII of that Act applies;

(iii) has a licence to occupy a dwelling which, if the dwelling was situated in England and Wales, would meet the conditions in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (almshouse licences); or

(iv) is a cottar within the meaning of section 12(5) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 ; and

“spouse” includes a person with whom the applicant is living as husband or wife. and

omit regulation 10A (grant condition).