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The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018
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- 2018 No. 611
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18.—(1) A plant meets the requirements set out in this regulation if it is certified under—
(a)the Microgeneration Certification Scheme M1 as installed in accordance with a relevant installation standard in that scheme; or
(b)a scheme—
(i)where installers are certified to that scheme's standards by a certification body or organisation accredited to F1... EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012 M2 [F2or a subsequent version of that standard];
(ii)where the plant is installed in accordance with the installation requirements applicable to the plant under that scheme on the plant's first commissioning date and which are equivalent to a relevant installation standard; and
(iii)which is equivalent to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme.
(2) In paragraph (1), if the first commissioning date for the plant is on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force, “relevant installation standard” means—
(a)where the plant generates heat from solid biomass or solid biomass contained in waste, version 4.2 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for MCS contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems” published on 6th May 2015 M3 [F3or a subsequent version of that standard];
(b)where the plant is a ground source heat pump or [F4air source heat pump—
(i)Issue 1.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-D The Heat Pump Standard (Design)”, published on 1st December 2021, or a subsequent version of that standard; and
(ii)Issue 1.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-I The Heat Pump Standard (Installation)”, published on 1st December 2021, or a subsequent version of that standard; or]
(c)where the plant generates heat using a solar collector, [F5Issue 5.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 The Solar Thermal Standard (Installation)”, published on 1st December 2021, or a subsequent version of that standard].
(3) In paragraph (1), if the first commissioning date for the plant is earlier than the date on which these Regulations come into force, “relevant installation standard” means any installation requirements applicable to the plant under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, or an equivalent scheme, on the plant's first commissioning date.
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F1Words in reg. 18(1)(b)(i) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 38(a)(i)
F2Words in reg. 18(1)(b)(i) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 38(a)(ii)
F3Words in reg. 18(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 38(b)
F4Words in reg. 18(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 38(c)
F5Words in reg. 18(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 38(d)
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M1Details of which are available at www.microgenerationcertification.org
M2The ISBN for the English language version of this standard is ISBN 978 0 580 78472 9. This standard was published by the British Standards Institution on 31st October 2012 and copies, including hard copies, can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com.
M3Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.
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