The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

34.—(1) The Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1—

(a) in the heading, for “, commencement and application” substitute “and commencement”;

(b) omit paragraph (3).

(3) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “domestic customer”, in paragraph (b), for “Great Britain” substitute “Scotland”;

(ii) in the definition of “information direction”, for “regulation 9(1) of the WHD Regulations” substitute “regulation 11(1) of the WHD (Scotland) Regulations”;

(iii) in the definition of “scheme year”, in paragraph (b), for “regulation 2(1) of the WHD Regulations” substitute “regulation 3(1) of the WHD (Scotland) Regulations”;

(iv) omit the definition of “the WHD Regulations”;

(v) after the definition of “the WHD (E&W) Regulations” insert—

““the WHD (Scotland) Regulations” means the Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022.”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(a), after “Wales” insert “or in Scotland”;

(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4)—

(a) where the domestic premises, household or place where I normally lives with another person is located in England and Wales, “care home” and “hospice” have the meanings given by regulation 2(8) of the WHD (E&W) Regulations;

(b) where the domestic premises, household or place where I normally lives with another person is located in Scotland, “care home” and “hospice” have the meanings given by regulation 2(8) of the WHD (Scotland) Regulations.”.

(4) In regulation 3, in paragraph (2)—

(a) after “pursuant to regulation 5(1)” omit “, and”;

(b) omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(5) In regulation 5—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “notice under regulation 6(1)” to “within the meaning given in” substitute “rebate notice (within the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the WHD (Scotland) Regulations or”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa) omit “that rebate in accordance with the WHD Regulations or, as the case may be,”;

(bb) before “the WHD (E&W) Regulations” insert “the WHD (Scotland) Regulations or”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a), for “the WHD Regulations or, as the case may be,” substitute “the WHD (Scotland) Regulations or”.

(1)

S.I. 2011/1830, as amended by S.I. 2015/652, 2016/806, 2019/1458, paragraph 446 of Schedule 24 to the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) and regulation 31 of S.I. 2022/772.