Conditions to be satisfied for full-exemption certificates

2.—(1) This regulation has effect for prescribing the conditions to be satisfied for the purposes of paragraph 148(4) of the Act (full-exemption certificates for combined heat and power stations).

(2) The first condition is that a combined heat and power station has been assessed in accordance with CHPQA.

(3) The second condition is that—

(a)the qualifying power output of the station, as stated in its CHPQA certificate, is equal to its total power output as so stated; or

(b)(subject to paragraph (4)), until 1st April 2005, the total power capacity of the station, as stated in its CHPQA certificate, is less than 2 megawatts of electricity.

(4) The condition specified in sub-paragraph (3)(b) is only to be treated as being satisfied if the station has been assessed for the purposes of paragraph (2) in accordance with the simplified arrangements for small scale stations (which do not require the calculation of quantifying power output).