The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2014/1643 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1731

Energy

The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made

29th September 2015

Laid before Parliament

2nd October 2015

Coming into force

26th October 2015

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to energy and energy sources, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 26th October 2015.

Amendments to the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014

2.—(1) The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(a)(ii) of Schedule 1, after “annual balance sheet total” insert “in excess”.

(3) In paragraph 12 of Schedule 2, omit sub-paragraph (b).

(4) In Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 6, after “28” insert “days”;

(b) in paragraph 12, omit “calendar”; and

(c) in paragraph 13, for “appeal body” substitute “Planning Appeals Commission”.

Bourne

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

29th September 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, issued free of charge, amend Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014 to correct drafting errors. Those Regulations implement Article 8(4) to (6) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency(4).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

S.I. 2010/761.

(2)

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

(3)

S.I. 2014/1643. Regulation 16(2)(b)(i) has been amended by paragraph 26 of Schedule 6 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102).

(4)

OJ No L 315, 14.11.2012, p1, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.