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

Plants where heat generation must be metered N.I.

13.—(1) The heat generated by the plant (“plant A”) must be metered if—

(a) plant A is not a solar thermal plant; and

(b) plant A falls within paragraph (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9).

(2) Plant A falls within this paragraph where it provides heat to the same property as another plant (“plant B”), except where plant B—

(a) is a solar thermal plant;

(b) is designed and installed to heat only one room;

(c) captures heat from air which is expelled from a property and transfers that heat into fresh air entering that property without generating additional heat;

(d) is an immersion heater for a domestic hot water cylinder or is any other plant which solely generates heat for the purpose of heating domestic hot water; or

(e) is a supplementary electric heater which is controlled by the same control system as the control system governing plant A.

(3) Plant A falls within this paragraph where it is a biomass plant with an installation capacity which is not sufficient to provide space heating for all parts of the property to which it provides heat and its first commissioning date is on or after the relevant date.

(4) Plant A falls within this paragraph where the property to which it provides heat was occupied for less than 183 days in the 12 month period on its RHI date.

(5) Plant A falls within this paragraph where it is a heat pump and is capable of using a fuel when generating heat for an eligible purpose.

(6) Plant A falls within this paragraph where its installation capacity exceeds the Microgeneration Certification Scheme rules.

(7) Plant A falls within this paragraph where the Department installs an eligible meter in order to collect data, assess performance and monitor progress against renewable heat targets.

(8) Plant A falls within this paragraph where any other plant has been or is installed which generates heat for the RHI property.

(9) Plant A falls within this paragraph where the property to which it provides heat is the subject of a private tenancy F1 ...

(10) In this regulation—

“private tenancy” means any tenancy of a dwelling except—

(a)

a fee farm grant; or

(b)

a tenancy for a term certain exceeding 99 years, unless that tenancy is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given to the tenant; or

(c)

a tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy a dwelling for a holiday; and

F2 ...

or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 13(9) omitted (18.11.2015) by virtue of The Renewable Heat Incentive Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/371), regs. 1, 18(a)

F2 Words in reg. 13(10) omitted (18.11.2015) by virtue of The Renewable Heat Incentive Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/371), regs. 1, 18(b)