Amendment of article 2 (interpretation)3.
(1)
Article 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2)
““energy assessor” means a person with any of the following qualifications—
(a)
City and Guilds (6176) in Energy Awareness6;(b)
Level 3 of the National Vocational Qualification 6049-03 (Provide Energy Efficiency Services)7;(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(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—
(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
(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—
(a)
a domestic energy user’s electricity consumption; and
(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—
(a)
a real-time display; or
(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)
“(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)
“(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.”.