Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill 5 (4) For the purpose of subsections (1) to (3)— (a) the amount required to maintain an acceptable standard of living is to be determined in the same way as it is for the purpose of section 2, (b) “adjusted”, “household” and “net income” have the same meanings as in section 5 2(6). (5) Where the fuel poverty gap is being measured against a fuel poverty target, the sums referred to in sections 1(c) and 1A(c) are to be increased or (as the case may be) decreased by the same percentage as the percentage increase or decrease in the annual average consumer prices index over the period from 2015 to the year to which the target 10 relates. (6) In subsection (5), the consumer prices index means the all consumer prices index published by the Office of National Statistics. (7) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend this section to replace references to one prices index with references to another. 15 Fuel poverty strategy 3 Preparation of strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a fuel poverty strategy. (2) The fuel poverty strategy must— (a) set out the approach the Scottish Ministers intend to take to ensure that the fuel 20 poverty targets are met, (aa) set out the approach the Scottish Ministers intend to take to ensure that the 2040 target is met in each local authority area, (ab) set out the cost of the approach set out under subsection (2)(a), (b) set out organisations, or types of organisations, with which the Scottish Ministers 25 intend to work to ensure that the fuel poverty targets are met, (ba) set out how the Scottish Ministers intend to identify households in fuel poverty, (c) identify characteristics of households which— (i) are likely to be in fuel poverty, or (ii) for which getting out of fuel poverty presents particular challenges, 30 (ca) set out the approach to identifying residential buildings with low levels of energy efficiency— (i) requiring improvements to achieve, by 2030, an energy performance certificate band C or higher (within the meaning of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008), 35 (ii) where it is technically feasible and cost effective to achieve such a performance certificate, (d) set out how the Scottish Ministers intend to assess— (i) progress towards meeting the fuel poverty targets, and (ii) whether the fuel poverty targets are met. 6 Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill (2A) The approach set out under subsection 2(a) must include provision for how to remove low levels of energy efficiency as a driver of fuel poverty. (3) The fuel poverty strategy may include such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 5 (4) The Scottish Ministers are to keep the fuel poverty strategy under review. (5) Within 5 years after publishing the first fuel poverty strategy under section 5(1)(a) or any revised strategy, the Scottish Ministers are either— (a) to revise the strategy, or (b) to publish an explanation of why they have decided not to revise it. 10 4 Consultation on strategy (1) In preparing the fuel poverty strategy and any revised strategy, the Scottish Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate. (2) The persons consulted under subsection (1) must include— (a) individuals who are living, or have lived, in fuel poverty, and 15 (b) local authorities. (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), it is immaterial that anything done by way of consultation was done— (a) before the Bill for this Act was passed, or (b) after that but before this section comes into force. 20 (4) The Scottish Ministers must lay the proposed fuel poverty strategy and any proposed revised strategy before the Scottish Parliament— (a) before the expiry of the period of 1 year beginning with the day on which section 3 comes into force, or (b) in the case of a proposed revised strategy, following a review under section 3(4). 25 (5) The Scottish Ministers may not complete their preparation of the fuel poverty strategy or any revised strategy until after the expiry of the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the proposed strategy or, as the case may be, proposed revised strategy is laid before the Scottish Parliament (taking no account of any time during which the Parliament is dissolved or in recess...