Scheme review and evaluation
63.—(1) The Secretary of State must keep the operation of the domestic RHI scheme under review.
(2) The Secretary of State may decide to select an accredited domestic plant for monitoring for the purpose of that review (“evaluation monitoring”).
(3) Where the Secretary of State makes a decision to select an accredited domestic plant for evaluation monitoring—
(a)the Secretary of State must write to the participant who owns the accredited domestic plant to advise that it has been selected for evaluation monitoring; and
(b)the Secretary of State may request entry at any reasonable hour to—
(i)inspect the accredited domestic plant and its associated infrastructure;
(ii)install any measuring instruments and related equipment (“metering equipment”) which the Secretary of State may consider necessary;
(iii)inspect any metering equipment installed under this regulation;
(iv)carry out meter readings or download any information recorded by the metering equipment;
(v)check, repair or replace any metering equipment;
(c)the Secretary of State may request that the participant—
(i)assist with the maintenance of the meters or the taking of readings;
(ii)keep any records specified by the Secretary of State;
(iii)provide any information held by the participant that is required by the Secretary of State, including any information prepared by the certified installer who was responsible for the installation of the accredited domestic plant.