The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012

Definitions under section 2(9)

4.—(1) The definitions given in paragraph (1) have effect for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The following have effect—

“energy”, except in section 2 and regulation 28(2), means electricity;

“energy bill”, except in section 4(4) and Part 5, means—

(a)

where electricity is supplied to a green deal property, a demand for payment issued by the relevant energy supplier to the bill payer in respect of the supply of electricity to the property;

(b)

where no electricity is supplied to a green deal property, a demand by the relevant energy supplier for payment of green deal instalments;

“occupier” means, in respect of a property, a person who lawfully occupies a property but is not an owner of it;

“owner”, except in regulations 36 and 37 and Part 8, means, in respect of a property, a person who is—

(a)

a relevant title holder;

(b)

a tenant under a lease of the property; or

(c)

a licensee under a licence of the property,

but does not include a mortgagee not in possession of the property;

“relevant energy supplier” means—

(a)

a person who—

(i)

supplies energy to a property;

(ii)

holds a licence issued under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989 (electricity supply licences); and

(iii)

is a party to the Green Deal Arrangements Agreement; or

(b)

where no electricity is supplied to a green deal property, the person who last satisfied paragraph (a) in respect of that property.

(1)

The definitions given in this regulation and regulation 4 are made pursuant to section 2(9) of the Act.