The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Regulations 1997
These Regulations provide for the making of grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in dwellings occupied by persons on low income or elderly persons; for the appointment of area agencies to administer the making of grants; and for the appointment of registered installers capable of carrying out the works for which grants may be made. The Regulations revoke and re-enact the Home Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/483, as amended) with further amendments, among which are the following:—a wider set of purposes for which grant may be made (regulation 5);within the overall maximum grant per application, an area agency have power—with the Secretary of State’s consent—to set maxima and a grant-calculation basis for any purpose or combination of purposes (regulation 6);the eligible dwellings do not include “buildings in multiple occupation” (regulation 5);where works (as opposed to materials only) are grant-aided, they must be carried out by a registered installer (regulations 7, 9 and 10).