The Home Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations 1992

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1990;

“administering agency” means a person or body of persons for the time being appointed under regulation 17;

“applicant” means a person who has made an application under regulation 4 or, as the case may be, regulation 12;

“building in multiple occupation” has the meaning given to it by section 15(4) of the Act;

“eligible contractor” means—

(a)

the network installer registered for the locality; or

(b)

any person or body of persons listed by the administering agency for the purpose of carrying out works in the locality;

“energy advice” means advice relating to thermal insulation or to the economic and efficient use of domestic appliances or of facilities for lighting, or for space or water heating, in dwellings where work as specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (1) of regulation 5 is, or is to be, carried out;

“grant” means a grant made in accordance with regulations 3 to 10 or, as the case may be, regulations 11 to 14;

“insulated additional roof space” means roof space which has been added to the dwelling or building in multiple occupation and in all or any part of which there is insulation material of a thickness of more than 50 millimetres;

“internal door” includes any door or hatch to any roof space;

“network installer” means a person or body of persons for the time being registered for a locality under regulation 15;

“nominated contractor”, in relation to any works, means the eligible contractor specified in the form of application for a grant pursuant to sub-paragraph (a)(i) of paragraph (3) of regulation 4 or, as the case may be, sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of regulation 12;

“roof space” means space between the roof of a dwelling or building in multiple occupation and the ceiling of any room which is used or available for use for the purpose of living accommodation and which is not wholly separated from the roof by any other room; and

“works” means the work specified in paragraph (1) of regulation 5 or, as the case may be, paragraph (2) of regulation 11.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number; and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.