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The Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016
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New Chapter 5 of Part 4 (specified activities)
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19. In Part 4, after regulation 27 insert—
“CHAPTER 5Specified Activities
Activities specified by the Secretary of State
27A.—(1) Subject to regulation 15(4) and paragraphs (3) and (4), a compulsory scheme electricity supplier may, in respect of scheme years 6 and 7, count towards its non-core spending obligation financial contributions (excluding Value Added Tax) made by the supplier in the scheme year to fund an activity specified in a notice published by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (2) (a “specified activity”).
(2) The Secretary of State may publish a notice specifying an activity for the purposes of paragraph (1) where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—
(a)the funding of the activity is open to contributions from any compulsory scheme electricity supplier;
(b)the activity is of a kind listed in the first column of the table in Schedule 4 and does not fall within an exception in the second column of the table;
(c)the activity includes adequate measures to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that—
(i)every domestic consumer provided with benefits under the activity will be provided with energy advice; and
(ii)benefits under the activity will be provided wholly or mainly to persons in fuel poverty or in a fuel poverty risk group; and
(d)the activity will provide value for money.
(3) Financial contributions made to fund a specified activity may not count towards a compulsory scheme electricity supplier’s non-core spending obligation if the financial contribution—
(a)is made pursuant to a requirement in any other enactment, or in an electricity supply licence or gas supply licence; or
(b)is counted by a scheme supplier towards a spending obligation or target imposed by any other enactment, or by an electricity supply or gas supply licence.
(4) Paragraph (1) only applies in relation to financial contributions made to fund a specified activity if the financial contribution is made after the Secretary of State has published the notice specifying the activity for the purposes of paragraph (1).”.
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