The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022

Grant applications

14.—(1) An installer may make an application to the Authority for a boiler upgrade grant (a “grant application”) in relation to the installation of an eligible plant—

(a) for an eligible property, or

(b) in a property that—

(i) meets the requirements in regulation 5(1)(a), (b) and (c)(ii), and

(ii) does not meet the requirements in regulation 6 because the valid energy performance certificate for the property includes a recommendation report which recommends that loft insulation or cavity wall insulation or both be installed, and where the reasons set out in regulation 6(2) do not prevent such insulation being installed,

provided that the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions in this paragraph are that—

(a) the owner of the property—

(i) consents to the installer making the grant application,

(ii) will become the owner of the eligible plant on completion of the installation,

(iii) has not received a grant from public funds in respect of any of the costs of the purchase or installation of the eligible plant, and

(iv) in the case of an application falling within paragraph (1)(b) (property not eligible at the time of the grant application), intends to—

(aa) install any loft insulation and cavity wall insulation recommended in the recommendation report, and

(bb) obtain a valid energy performance certificate for the property which demonstrates that that insulation has been installed, by no later than the date on which the application to redeem the boiler upgrade voucher is made,

(b) the installation of the eligible plant is not a measure promoted by an electricity or gas supplier for the purpose of achieving their home-heating cost reduction obligation under section 41B of the Electricity Act 1989(1) or section 33BD of the Gas Act 1986(2),

(c) a boiler upgrade grant has not previously been paid to an installer in accordance with regulation 16(6)(b) in relation to the installation of any eligible plant in the property, and

(d) if the installer is paid the boiler upgrade grant in accordance with regulation 16(6)(b), it will be used by the installer solely to fund the installation of the eligible plant.

(3) A grant application must be in writing, in such form as the Authority may require, and include—

(a) the information specified in Schedule 2 (information required for grant application), and

(b) confirmation, given by the installer, that the condition in paragraph (2)(c) is met, and the information provided under sub-paragraph (a) is accurate to the best of their knowledge and belief.

(4) The Authority must give the owner of the property a notice which—

(a) specifies, for the purposes of determining the grant application, the information required from the owner of the property, which may include confirming that owner is aware of, and consents to the grant application,

(b) specifies the period within which the information required in sub-paragraph (a) must be provided, and

(c) informs the owner that failure to provide the requested information within that period may result in the grant application being rejected.

(5) Where the Authority considers that further information from the installer is necessary for the purpose of determining a grant application, it may by notice—

(a) specify further information which the installer is required to provide within 14 days beginning with the date the notice is issued, and

(b) inform the installer that failure to provide the requested information within that period may result in the grant application being rejected.

(6) The Authority may by notice extend the period specified in a notice under paragraph (4)(b) or (5)(b) where it is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so.

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (4), where there is more than one owner of the eligible property, or property where regulation 14(1)(b) applies—

(a) the Authority may request information, and confirmation of the matters referred to in paragraph (2)(a), from any person who is an owner of the eligible property,

(b) any information or confirmation so requested may be provided by one of the owners of the eligible property on behalf of one or more of the other owners, provided that any confirmation requested is provided by or on behalf of every owner, and

(c) where one owner provides confirmation on behalf of another owner, the confirmation must state that they have authority to provide that confirmation on behalf of that other owner.

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a)(iii), “grant from public funds” means a grant made by a public authority or by any person distributing funds on behalf of a public authority.

(1)

1989 c. 29. Section 41B was inserted by the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), Part 1, Chapter 4, section 69.

(2)

1986 c. 44. Section 33BD was inserted by the Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), Part 1, Chapter 4, section 68.