The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

   1. 3. Eligibility criteria

   2. 4. Requirements for biomass plants

   3. 5. Requirements for heat pumps

   4. 6. Requirements for solar thermal plants

   5. 7. Installation requirements

   6. 8. Certification requirements

   7. 9. Plants used to generate heat before the first commissioning date

   8. 10. Requirements regarding funding of plants

   9. 11. Requirement that plant is not an accredited RHI installation

   10. 12. Requirements where more than one plant provides heat to a property

   11. 13. Plants where heat generation must be metered

   12. 14. Metering requirements

   13. 15. Positioning of meters when recording heat generated by biomass plants

   14. 16. Positioning of meters when recording heat generated by heat pumps

4. PART 3 ACCREDITATION OF PLANTS

   1. 17. Accreditation applications

   2. 18. Powers of the Department when considering an accreditation application

   3. 19. Time limits for provision of information

   4. 20. Conditions of accreditation

   5. 21. Accreditation

   6. 22. Rejection of accreditation applications

   7. 22A. Suspension of the operation of the domestic RHI scheme

5. PART 4 AUTHORISATION OF METERING ARRANGEMENTS

   1. 23. Authorisation applications

   2. 24. Powers of the Department when considering an authorisation application

   3. 25. Authorisation

6. PART 5 RHI PAYMENTS

   1. 26. Duty to make RHI payments

   2. 27. Calculation of deemed annual heat generation

   3. 28. Calculation of RHI payments for biomass plants and heat pumps

   4. 29. Calculation of RHI payments for solar thermal

   5. 30. Calculation of RHI payments where heat generated by a plant must be metered

   6. 31. Payment of upfront support

7. PART 6 CALCULATION OF TARIFFS

   1. 32. Duty to calculate and publish tariffs

   2. 33. Calculation of initial tariffs

   3. 34. Calculation of subsequent tariffs

8. PART 7 ONGOING OBLIGATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS

   1. 35. Ongoing obligations: general

   2. 36. Ongoing obligations: changes affecting accredited domestic plants

   3. 37. Ongoing obligations: annual declarations

   4. 38. Ongoing obligations: emissions from biomass

   5. 39. Ongoing obligations: metering

   6. 40. Ongoing obligations: provision of information

9. PART 8 CHANGES AFFECTING ACCREDITED DOMESTIC PLANTS

   1. 41. Review of accreditation following notification of a change in circumstances

   2. 42. Changes affecting whether accredited domestic plants must be metered

   3. 43. Replacement plants

   4. 44. Changes in ownership of accredited domestic plants

10. PART 9 METERING FOR MONITORING PURPOSES BY THE DEPARTMENT

    1. 45. Installation of a meter at the Department's request

    2. 46. Removal of an eligible meter

11. PART 10 INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

    1. 47. Inspection

    2. 48. Power to withhold RHI payments during investigation

    3. 49. Power to withhold RHI payments in the case of non-compliance

    4. 50. Revocation of accreditation

    5. 51. Overpayment notices and offsetting

    6. 52. Revocation of sanctions

    7. 53. Right of review

12. PART 11 POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

    1. 54. Scheme review and evaluation

    2. 55. Right of review of decision by the Department

13. PART 12 ADDITIONAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

    1. 56. Provision of information to the Department

    2. 57. Reliance on declarations and other information available to the Department

    3. 58. Duty to maintain a central register

    4. 59. Duty to publish guidance

14. PART 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    1. 60. Notices, notifications and applications

    2. 61. Consequential amendments

15. Signature

16. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Standards relevant to plants

       1. 1. (1) This Schedule specified standards for plants.

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Eligible properties

       1. 1. (1) The requirements set out in this Schedule in relation...

       2. 2. (1) The EPC presented should not highlight any “Recommendations” on...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Information required for accreditation

       1. PART 1 Information required from all applicants making an accreditation application

          1. 1. The information referred to in regulation 17(2)(a) is—

       2. PART 2 Additional information which may be required from an applicant for accreditation

          1. 2. The information referred to in regulation 17(2)(b) is—

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Tariffs

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Requirements for RHI emission certificates

       1. 1. The requirements set out in this Schedule are that a...

       2. 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1(b) is—

       3. 3. For the purposes of paragraph 2(g), the requirements set out...

       4. 4. For the purposes of paragraph 2(g), the requirements set out...

       5. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 2(h), “net heat input” means...

17. Explanatory Note