The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Regulation 13 amended (determination and publication of boiler upgrade grant values)

11.  In regulation 13—

(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) The Secretary of State must determine and publish the values of the boiler upgrade grants, for one set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A within 14 days of the day on which the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 come into force.”;

(b) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) The Secretary of State may review the categories of boiler upgrade grant, having regard to such matters as the Secretary of State considers relevant, and as a result of such a review, may—

(a) determine that the published grant categories are to be replaced by an alternative set of grant categories and publish the values of the boiler upgrade grant for the alternative set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A, or

(b) determine that the same set of grant categories available should remain unchanged,

(2B) The Secretary of State may only determine and publish the values of one set of grant categories contained in Schedule 1A at any one time.”;

(c) in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)”, insert “and (2A),”;

(d) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(5) Where the set of grant categories is replaced as a result of a review described in paragraph (2A), the Secretary of State must publish a notice (a “grant category change notice”) specifying—

(a) the new set of grant categories that will be available,

(b) the values of the boiler upgrade grants for those grant categories, and

(c) the date on which the new set of grant categories will take effect, which must be a date at least 28 days after the date on which the grant change notice is published.”.