The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022

Eligible propertiesE+W

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5.—(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—

F2(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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 fuel(1), or

(bb)an electric heating system, and

[F3(iii)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],

[F4(d)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,

[F5(aa)“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 2008(2).

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 5 in force at 23.5.2022, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

See section 100(3) of the 2008 Act for the definition of “fossil fuel”.