The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 No. 1459

PART 2 Amendments to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011

Amendment to Schedule 1 (Information required for accreditation and registration)

9.—(1) Paragraph 1(5) is amended as follows.

(2) Before “(n)(ii)” insert “(2)”.

(3) For paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 1 substitute—

“(a) where the heat pump has an installation capacity of 45kWth or below, a declaration from the installer may be accepted as evidence that the heat pump was designed and installed to operate with a minimum seasonal performance factor of 2.5 where the declaration states that the seasonal performance factor was calculated in line with the methodology used in—

(i) version 1.0 of the MCS 021 heat emitter guide for domestic heat pumps published on 16th December 2013(1);

(ii) version 2.0 of the document entitled “Heat Emitter Guide for Domestic Heat Pumps” published on 21st November 2014(2); or

(ii) version 1.0 of the document entitled “MCS 026 Seasonal Coefficient of Performance Calculator” published on 1st May 2015(3),

whichever is required by the relevant installation standard for the purposes of regulation 13;”.

(1)

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(2)

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(3)

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