The Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

UK Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 1830 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

19 July 2011

In force from

20 July 2011

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax

Made under

Pensions Act 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations authorise the sharing of data between the Secretary of State and electricity suppliers and should be read in conjunction with the Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1033) (the “Warm Home Regulations”) which enable the Secretary of State to require certain electricity suppliers (essentially, those who hold a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1989) to provide a rebate to certain customers who are in receipt of state pension credit (or who have a partner who is in receipt of state pension credit). These Regulations authorise the Secretary of State to supply to an electricity supplier information about persons whom the Secretary of State believes are ‘qualifying customers’ of that supplier. Regulation 3 explains who are qualifying customers for this purpose. Regulation 4 allows an electricity supplier to provide information about its domestic customers to the Secretary of State to enable the Secretary of State to match the electricity supplier’s list of customers with the Secretary of State’s list of recipients of state pension credit. This is to enable the Secretary of State to identify the supplier’s customers whom the Secretary of State believes to be qualifying customers. By virtue of regulation 5, the Secretary of State can supply information about such persons identified as qualifying customers of a supplier to that supplier, who is then obliged to provide those customers with a rebate by virtue of (and in accordance with) the Warm Home Regulations. Regulation 4 also permits the supply of customer information by electricity suppliers to the Secretary of State to enable the testing of data matching processes by the Secretary of State. Regulations 6 and 7 create offences for improper disclosure of information that has been shared between the Secretary of State and electricity suppliers by virtue of these Regulations, as well as setting out defences that may be available. Regulation 8 revokes the State Pension Credit (Disclosure of Information) (Electricity Suppliers) Regulations 2010, which are superseded by these Regulations. An impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

Offences created by this instrument

• Subject to paragraph (4), a person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence regulation 6(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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• Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011 Lords · Grand Committee · 12 July 2011 · The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Marland)

  I feel slightly like something on a treadmill. There is only one more measure after this, noble Lords will be pleased to know. I will try to keep them entertained for as long I can, then we will rush off for a Statement. I shall speak to the draft Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011 for Great Britain. Noble Lords will recall considering the Warm Home Discount Regulations 2011 on Tuesday 29 March. That instrument enabled the warm home discount scheme to take effect on 1 April this year. The regulations to be discussed today allow for rebates to…

• Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011 Lords · Grand Committee · 12 July 2011 · Lord Marland

  That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011. Relevant document: 25th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

• Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011 Lords · Grand Committee · 12 July 2011
• Business without Debate Commons · Commons Chamber · 13 July 2011 · Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)

  With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 8 to 12 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), Taxes That the draft International Tax Enforcement (Liberia) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 17 June, be approved. That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (South Africa) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 17 June, be approved. That the draft International Tax Enforcement (Aruba) Order 2011, which was laid before this House on 17 June, be approved. That the draft International Tax Enforcement…

• Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 Lords · Lords Chamber · 19 July 2011

  Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011

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