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LORDS amendments to the

Energy Bill

[The page and line references are to HL Bill 37, the bill as first printed for the Lords.]

Clause 10

1

Page 9, line 36, leave out “the Secretary of State may determine,” and insert “may

 

be specified in the scheme, the Secretary of State may determine that”

2

Page 9, line 40, after “and” insert “the support scheme”

3

Page 9, line 41, at end insert—

 

“(7)    

If the Secretary of State  makes, amends, or revokes, a determination in

 

accordance with provision included in a support scheme by virtue of

 

subsection (6), the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a

 

memorandum of the determination, amendment, or revocation.”

Clause 14

4

Page 11, line 15, leave out “or 11” and insert “, 11 or 15”

Clause 15

5

Page 12, line 9, leave out from second “person” to “, and” in line 12 and insert “is a

 

member of a household living on a lower income in a home which cannot be kept

 

warm at reasonable cost”

6

Page 12, line 16, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—

 

“(3)    

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about—

 

(a)    

what is to be regarded as living in fuel poverty for the purposes of

 

this Part;

 

(b)    

what is to be regarded as a reduction in the extent to which a person

 

is living in fuel poverty for the purposes of this Part.

 

(4)    

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

 
 
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(a)    

specify what is to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (2)(a)

 

as a lower income, or a reasonable cost, or the circumstances in

 

which a home is to be regarded for those purposes as being warm;

 

(b)    

amend this section.”

Clause 31

7

Page 25, line 20, after “9” insert “or 15(3)”

8

Page 25, line 32, leave out “or 15(4)”

9

Page 25, line 34, leave out from “is” to “subject” in line 35


 
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