PART 9Metering and monitoring agreements

Registration applications

50.—(1) A registration application for a metering and monitoring agreement may be made by—

(a)a participant, if the agreement relates to that participant’s accredited domestic plant; or

(b)an owner of a plant which is the subject of an accreditation application, if the agreement relates to that plant.

(2) A registration application must be made to the Authority and be supported by—

(a)a copy of the agreement;

(b)confirmation by the metering and monitoring installer that—

(i)measuring instruments have been installed under the agreement in accordance with the requirements of the agreement set out in paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 7;

(ii)any eligible meters and temperature sensors installed under the agreement meet the requirements of the agreement in relation to accuracy set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 7;

(c)a declaration that all information provided in support of the registration application is accurate to the best of the applicant’s knowledge and belief;

(d)if the applicant is a landlord, a declaration confirming that all occupiers of the RHI property have consented—

(i)to the installation of any measuring instruments under the metering and monitoring agreement;

(ii)to the collection of information relating to the use of the plant under that agreement; and

(iii)on receipt of a request for access under regulation 56 or regulation 63, to allow the Secretary of State, the Authority or the Authority’s authorised agent, as applicable, access to the RHI property to carry out any of the activities described in that regulation and to co-operate with such a request; and

(e)such other declarations or information about the metering and monitoring agreement or the plant as the Authority may require, which may include evidence to support any declarations.

(3) In order to determine whether to give registration, the Authority may—

(a)arrange for a site inspection to be carried out; and

(b)verify any information provided by the applicant against any other information available to it, including any information provided by the metering and monitoring installer or available to it on the MCS register.