Clause 4 - Guidance on eradication of fuel poverty
Home Energy Conservation Bill
11:45 am
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to take new clause 8—Fuel Poverty—
'(1) It shall be the duty of every energy conservation authority, so far as is reasonably practicable, to—
(a) discharge its functions under sections 2 or 5 of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (preparation of reports or further reports), and
(b) carry out its duty pursuant to section 1 of this Act in such a way as to complement and support the appropriate authority's strategy for the time being for the eradication of fuel poverty made under the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000.
(2) The appropriate authority may from time to time give guidance to energy conservation authorities in relation to the discharge of their functions under subsection (1) above (and such guidance may differ for different authorities or different types of authority).'