PART 1E+WIntroductory provisions

Approval of standards or schemes by the Secretary of StateE+W

4.—(1) The Secretary of State must approve—

(a)a standard for the purposes of—

(i)the definition of “installer” in regulation 2(1), and

(ii)paragraph 1(b)(i) of Schedule 4,

(b)one or more standards for heat pumps for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(c),

(c)a standard for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(d),

(d)one or more standards for biomass boilers for the purposes of regulation 10(1)(c),

(e)a standard for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1,

(f)a standard for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1,

(g)a standard in relation to NOx emissions and a standard in relation to PM emissions for the purposes of paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1,

(h)one or more installation standards for—

(i)biomass boilers, and

(ii)heat pumps,

for the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 4, and

(i)a scheme deemed to be equivalent to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Secretary of State may withdraw the approval of any standard or scheme under paragraph (1).

(3) The Secretary of State must—

(a)publish the details of the standards or schemes first approved under paragraph (1) before the end of the commencement date to have effect from that date,

(b)publish the details of any subsequent standard or scheme which is approved under paragraph (1), and the date from which it is approved, and

(c)where the approval of a standard or scheme is withdrawn under paragraph (2), publish that fact together with the date on which it ceased to be approved.

Commencement Information