Amendment of article 2 (interpretation)3

1

Article 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (1) at the appropriate place, insert—

  • “energy assessor” means a person with any of the following qualifications—

    1. a

      City and Guilds (6176) in Energy Awareness6;

    2. b

      Level 3 of the National Vocational Qualification 6049-03 (Provide Energy Efficiency Services)7;

    3. c

      a qualification based on units one to five of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Home and Community Energy Advisers which qualification is awarded by a body which has been approved and quality assured by the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator8; or

    4. d

      an equivalent qualification that is recognised by a member State of the European Union, an EEA State or Turkey;

  • “home energy advice package” has the meaning given in Schedule A1;

  • “loft insulation plus” means—

    1. a

      the provision to a domestic energy user of loft insulation which adds to existing loft insulation which is at least 60mm in depth and where that additional insulation is installed by a person with appropriate experience or qualifications; or

    2. b

      the promotion of loft insulation through a retail outlet,

    where the provision or promotion, as applicable, takes place between 11th September 2008 and 31st July 2009;;

  • “real-time display” means a device which, together with a transmitter used in connection with it, provides information relating to—

    1. a

      a domestic energy user’s electricity consumption; and

    2. b

      the cost of that consumption,

    and does so at the time the consumption occurs;;

  • “short-life battery” means a battery which is not expected to power—

    1. a

      a real-time display; or

    2. b

      a transmitter used in connection with such a display,

    for more than one year under normal conditions of use;.

3

In paragraph (b) of the definition of “priority group” for “£15,592” substitute “£16,040”.

4

In paragraph (1) revoke the definitions of “cogeneration unit” and “microcogeneration”.

5

For paragraph (3)(b) substitute—

b

a market transformation action means—

i

the provision of solid wall insulation or microgeneration units where such provision will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions;

ii

the provision of a real-time display;

iii

the provision of a home energy advice package; or

iv

any other action which will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions but which the Authority did not determine to be a qualifying action under the 2001 Order.

6

In paragraph (3)(c) for “promotion” substitute “provision”.

7

For paragraph (3)(d) substitute—

d

a standard action means an action which—

i

will achieve a reduction in carbon emissions; or

ii

is the provision of a real-time display or a home energy advice package.