Section 15: Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: interpretation

For the purposes of this Part, fuel poverty is reduced if—

For the purposes of this Part—

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about—

Provision made under subsection (3) may, in particular—

In this Part—

• "fuel poverty risk group" means a category of persons of whom, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the proportion who are (or, but for a support scheme, would be) living in fuel poverty is higher than the proportion of people in Great Britain who are living in fuel poverty;

• "licensed electricity supplier" means the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989;

• "licensed gas supplier" means the holder of a licence under section 7A(1) of the Gas Act 1986;

• "licensed supplier" means a licensed electricity supplier or licensed gas supplier;

• "pre-existing arrangements", in relation to a scheme supplier, means arrangements made by the supplier before the commencement of section 9 with a view to reducing fuel poverty;

• "scheme customer", in relation to a support scheme and a scheme supplier, means a customer of the supplier to whom benefits are, or are to be, provided by the supplier under the scheme;

• "scheme supplier", in relation to a support scheme, means a licensed supplier to whom the scheme applies;

• "support scheme" has the meaning given by section 9(2).