The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory provisions

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

3. PART 2 Amendment of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014

   1. 2. Amendment of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014

   2. 3. Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

   3. 4. Insertion of Part 1A

   4. 5. Amendment of regulation 8 (certification requirements)

   5. 6. Amendment of regulation 12 (requirements where more than one plant provides heat to a property)

   6. 7. Amendment of regulation 13 (plants where heat generation must be metered)

   7. 8. Amendment of regulation 17 (accreditation applications)

   8. 9. Amendment of regulation 22A (investor applications)

   9. 10. Amendment of regulation 29 (calculation of deemed annual heat generation)

   10. 11. Amendment of regulation 33 (duty to calculate and publish tariffs)

   11. 12. Amendment of regulation 38 (expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice)

   12. 13. Amendment of regulation 40 (ongoing obligations: changes affecting accredited domestic plants)

   13. 14. Amendment of regulation 41 (ongoing obligations: annual declarations)

   14. 15. Amendment of regulation 42A (sustainable solid biomass)

   15. 16. Insertion of regulation 43A (exemption from requirement for metering)

   16. 17. Amendment of regulation 45 (review of accreditation or investor registration following notification of a change in circumstances)

   17. 18. Amendment of regulation 46 (changes affecting whether accredited domestic plants must be metered)

   18. 19. Amendment of regulation 47 (replacement plants)

   19. 20. Insertion of regulation 47A

   20. 21. Amendment of regulation 48 (changes in ownership of accredited domestic plants)

   21. 22. Amendment of regulation 50 (registration applications)

   22. 23. Amendment of regulation 51 (conditions of registration)

   23. 24. Amendment of regulation 53 (exceptions to duty to give registration)

   24. 25. Amendment of regulation 54 (changes affecting registration)

   25. 26. Amendment of regulation 55 (withdrawal of registration and repayments)

   26. 27. Amendment of regulation 62 (right of review)

   27. 28. Amendment of regulation 69 (duty to report to the Secretary of State)

   28. 29. Amendment of Schedule 1 (standards relevant to plants)

   29. 30. Amendment of Schedule 7 (requirements for metering and monitoring agreements)

4. PART 3 Amendment of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018

   1. 31. Amendment of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018

   2. 32. Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

   3. 33. Insertion of regulation 2A

   4. 34. Amendment of regulation 3A (closure of the Scheme to applications)

   5. 35. Amendment of regulation 6 (RHI emission certificates)

   6. 36. Amendment of regulation 9 (eligible installations generating heat using ground source heat pumps)

   7. 37. Amendment of regulation 11 (eligible installations which are shared ground loop systems)

   8. 38. Amendment of regulation 18 (certification for installation of microgeneration heating equipment)

   9. 39. Amendment of regulation 35 (tariff guarantees)

   10. 40. Insertion of regulations 47A and 47B

   11. 41. Amendment of regulation 50 (ongoing obligation to submit sustainability audit reports)

   12. 42. Amendment of regulation 52A (modification of installation capacity — shared ground loop systems)

   13. 43. Amendment of regulation 52B (budget allocation for modification of installation capacity — shared ground loop systems)

   14. 44. Amendment of regulation 54 (changes in ownership of accredited RHI installations)

   15. 45. Amendment of Schedule 1 (content of RHI Emission Certificates)

   16. 46. Amendment of Schedule 2 (information required for modification of installation capacity, extension applications, accreditation or registration)

   17. 47. Amendment of Schedule 4A (solid biomass which is wood: criteria for woodfuel quality)

5. Signature

6. Explanatory Note