PART 2Eligible properties

Eligible propertiesI15

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, a property is an eligible property where—

a

it is a building,

b

it is not social housing,

c

if it F1has had any heating system installed, and was, or will be, first occupied or used before the date on which the relevant eligible plant is commissioned—

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ii

the system providing space heating or water heating, or both, of the property prior to the installation and commissioning of the eligible plant (the “original heating system”) is—

aa

fuelled by fossil fuel14, or

bb

an electric heating system, and

F2iii

there has not been a previous grant from public funds for a heat pump or biomass boiler at the same address, and

iv

there has not been a previous installation of a heat pump, or biomass boiler at the property as a measure promoted by an electricity or gas supplier for the purpose of achieving their home-heating cost reduction obligation under section 41B of the Electricity Act 1989 or section 33BD of the Gas Act 1986, and

v

there is a valid energy performance certificate for the property,

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if it has not had any heating system installed before the date on which the relevant eligible plant is commissioned, and it will be first occupied or used on or after the date on which the relevant eligible plant is commissioned, it meets the requirements in regulation 7 (requirements for new-build properties).

2

For the purposes of this regulation—

a

“electric heating system” means a heating system which provides heat generated wholly or mainly from electricity, but does not include a heat pump,

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“grant from public funds” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1),

b

“relevant eligible plant”, in relation to a property, means the eligible plant which is installed in relation to that property,

c

“social housing” has the meaning given in section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 200815.

Insulation requirementsF66

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Requirements for new-build propertiesI27

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A property meets the requirements in this regulation where the building—

a

was built principally with the use of the labour or resources of the first owner (including where the resource was a loan which the first owner was liable to repay), F9...

b

has not, while it was built or at any subsequent time been owned wholly or partly by a person who is not an individual F10, and

F8c

is not part of an excluded property development.

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In this regulation—

  • “excluded property development” means a development of multiple buildings constructed on a plot acquired from a person who decided or offered the plans or specifications to which the buildings were wholly or mainly built.