PART 3Eligible plant

Requirements for biomass boilers10

1

A biomass boiler meets the requirements in this paragraph where—

a

no part of the biomass boiler which generates heat was used before the plant is first commissioned,

b

it has a capacity of no more than 45 kilowatt thermal,

c

it meets the requirements set out in the standards for biomass boilers approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 4(1)(d) which are applicable when the plant was first commissioned,

d

an emissions certificate that meets the requirements set out in Schedule 1 (requirements for emissions certificates)—

i

has been issued for the plant,

ii

has been issued for a plant of the same make, model and installation capacity as the plant, or

iii

specifies the plant as being in the same type-testing range as a plant for which an emissions certificate has been issued (see paragraph 1(m) of Schedule 1).

2

A biomass boiler meets the suitability criteria in relation to the eligible property, or a property where regulation 14(1)(b) applies, in which it is installed where—

a

it provides heating—

i

solely to that property, or to both that property and any related property, and

ii

for the purpose of space heating and hot water heating, using liquid as a medium for delivering that heat,

b

it is capable of meeting the full space heating and hot water heating demands of that property, and

c

it replaces the heat generating components of the original heating system installed in the eligible property (where applicable), other than any—

i

supplementary electric heater, including any immersion heater,

ii

circulation pump, or

iii

solar thermal collector.