PART 5STRATEGIC HOUSING FUNCTIONS
Meaning of “fuel poverty”
95Meaning of “fuel poverty”
1
For the purposes of this Part, a person lives in fuel poverty if that person is a member of a household with a low income living in a home which cannot be kept warm at a reasonable cost.
2
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision, for the purposes of subsection (1), as to—
a
what is—
i
a household,
ii
a low income,
iii
a reasonable cost,
b
the circumstances in which a home is to be regarded for those purposes as being warm.
3
Before making any such regulations, the Scottish Ministers must consult—
a
such persons as appear to them to represent the interests of persons living in fuel poverty, and
b
such other persons,
as they think fit.