19.—(1) A measure meets the condition in this article if—
(a)the measure is installed as part of an ECO4 project at private domestic premises;
(b)before the day on which the measure is completed, a relevant authority is consulted on the carrying out of the project at the premises;
(c)the relevant authority makes a declaration which certifies that it has received a referral from a relevant health provider, in relation to a person living at the premises, on the grounds that—
(i)the person is suffering from severe or long-term ill-health due to—
(aa)a cardiovascular condition;
(bb)a respiratory disease;
(cc)immunosuppression; or
(dd)limited mobility; and
(ii)the health of the person is adversely affected by living in a cold home;
(d)the declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (c) meets the validity requirement specified in article 17(2); and
(e)the measure would have met the condition in article 13 or 14 if paragraph (1)(b) in each of those articles were omitted (the household eligibility requirement).
(2) In paragraph (1)(c), “relevant health provider” means—
(a)a person registered in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983(1);
(b)a Health Board constituted by an order made under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(2);
(c)a Local Health Board established by an order made under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(3);
(d)an NHS foundation trust within the meaning given in section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006(4);
(e)an NHS trust established by order under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006.
1983 c. 54. Section 34C was inserted by S.I. 2010/234.
1978 c. 29. Relevant amendments have been made by section 28(a)(i) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 14 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) and section 11(1) of, and paragraph 1(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 7).
2006 c. 41. Section 30 was amended by section 159(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7).