Part 4New technology

Chapter 1Low-carbon heat schemes

143Low-carbon heat schemes

1

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the establishment and operation of one or more low-carbon heat schemes.

2

A “low-carbon heat scheme” is a scheme for encouraging the supply or installation in the United Kingdom of relevant heating appliances through the imposition of low-carbon heat targets on persons to whom the scheme applies.

3

In this Chapter—

  • “low-carbon heat target” means a target imposed by or under scheme regulations;

  • “relevant heating appliance” means—

    1. a

      a heating appliance that generates heat but is incapable of burning fossil fuels or peat to do so, or

    2. b

      a heating appliance that generates heat by burning fossil fuels or peat, but does so only as part of a wider system to supplement heat from air, water or the ground.

4

In the definition of “relevant heating appliance” in subsection (3), “fossil fuel” means—

a

coal,

b

lignite,

c

natural gas (within the meaning of the Energy Act 1976),

d

crude liquid petroleum,

e

petroleum products (within the meaning of that Act), or

f

any substance produced directly or indirectly from a substance mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

5

The provision made by sections 144 to 150 is without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1).

6

In this Chapter, “scheme regulations” means regulations under subsection (1).