Appendix 4: Abbreviations used in the notes

 

Abbreviation	Definition
AC	Appeal Cases
All ER	All England Reports
Art(s)	Article(s)
CA	Court of Appeal
CPR	Civil Procedure Rules
Crim LR	Criminal Law Reports
EWCA Civ	England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
EWHC	England and Wales High Court
LC	Lands Chamber
Para	paragraph
QB	Queen’s Bench Reports
r(r)	rule(s)
Reg(s)	Regulation(s)
s(s)	section(s)
Sch(s)	Schedule(s)
ScotCS	Scottish Court of Session
SLC	Standard Licence Conditions 2021
UKSC	United Kingdom Supreme Court
UKUT	United Kingdom Upper Tribunal
WLR	Weekly Law Reports

 

Acts of Parliament

 

 

Abbreviation	Act of Parliament
CEARA 2007	The Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
CRA 2015	Consumer Rights Act 2015
DA 2015	Deregulation Act 2015
DPA 1972	The Defective Premises Act 1972
EA 1989	The Electricity Act 1989
EA 2013	Energy Act 2013
EA 2023	Energy Act 2023
EPA 2022	Energy Prices Act 2022
GA 1986	The Gas Act 1986
GA 1995	The Gas Act 1995
HA 1980	The Housing Act 1980
HA 1985	The Housing Act 1985
H(S)A 1987	The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
H(S)A 2006	The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006
IA 1986	The Insolvency Act 1986
LG(MP)A 1976	The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
LTA 1985	The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
RE(GEB)A 1954	Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954
R(S)A 1984	The Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
TA 1968	Theft Act 1968
UA 2000	The Utilities Act 2000

 

 

Regulations and other statutory instruments

 

Abbreviation	Regulation or other statutory instrument
CPUT Regs	The Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 No.1277
DRS Regs	The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 No.1311
E(CSP) Regs	The Electricity (Connection Standards of Performance) Regulations 2015 No.698
E(PM) Regs	The Electricity (Prepayment Meter) Regulations 2006 No.2010
E(SP) Regs	The Electricity (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2015 No.699
EE(PRP)(EW) Regs	The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 No.962
EG(SP)S Regs	The Electricity and Gas (Standards of Performance) (Suppliers) Regulations 2015 No.1544
EPB(EW) Regs	The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 No.3118
EPB(S) Regs	The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 No.309
ESQC Regs	The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 No.2665
G(PM) Regs	The Gas (Prepayment Meter) Regulations 2006 No.2011
G(SP) Regs	The Gas (Standards of Performance) Regulations 2005 No.1135
GE(CCHS) Regs	The Gas and Electricity (Consumer Complaints Handling Standards) Regulations 2008 No.1898
GS(IU) Regs	The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 No.2451
GS(RE) Regs	The Gas Safety (Rights of Entry) Regulations 1996 No.2535
HB Regs	The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 No.213
HB(SPC) Regs	The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for State Pension Credit) Regulations 2006 No.214
UC,PIP,JSA&ESA(C&P) Regs	The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 No.380
SFCWP Regs	The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 No.1724
SFWFP Regs	The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payments Regulations 2024 No.869
SS(C&P) Regs	The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 No.1968
UC Regs	The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 No.376
UC,PIP,JSA&ESA(CP) Regs	The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 No.380
WHD Regs	The Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 No.722
WND(EW) Regs	The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022 No.1073