The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made: 27th May 2014

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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Citation and commencement

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Amendments to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011

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Amendments to regulation 2 (interpretation)

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Amendment to regulation 4 (eligible installations)

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Amendment to regulation 5 (eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass)

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Amendment to regulation 6 (eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass contained in municipal waste)

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Amendment to regulation 7 (eligible installations generating heat using solar collectors)

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Substitution of regulation 8 (eligible installations generating heat using heat pumps)

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Air source heat pumps

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Substitution of regulation 9 (eligible installations which are CHP systems)

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New solid biomass CHP systems

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Amendment to regulation 11 (eligible installations generating heat using biogas)

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Amendment to regulation 12 (other eligibility requirements for technologies)

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Substitution of regulation 13 (MCS certification for Microgeneration heating equipment)

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Amendments to regulation 15 (excluded plants)

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Metering in respect of new applications for accreditation in relation to ground source or air source heat pumps

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Amendment to regulation 22 (applications for accreditation)

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Substitution to regulation 23 (exceptions to duty to accredit)

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Amendments to regulation 25 (producers of biomethane)

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Amendments to regulation 26 (preliminary accreditation)

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Preliminary registration of biomethane producers

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Amendments to regulation 27 (interpretation)

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Amendments to regulation 28 (participants using solid biomass contained in municipal waste)

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Amendment to regulation 29 (Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of 1MWth or above)

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Amendment to regulation 30 (participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity between 45 kWth and 1 MWth)

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Amendment to regulation 31 (biogas produced from gasification or pyrolysis)

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Amendment to regulation 33 (biomethane producers)

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Amendments to regulation 34 (ongoing obligations: general)

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Substitution of regulation 37

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Amendment to regulation 37A (calculation of initial tariffs on or after the relevant date)

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Amendments to regulation 37B (calculation of A)

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Amendment to regulation 37C (calculation of B)

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Amendment to regulation 37D (calculation of C)

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Amendments to regulation 37E (expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice)

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Determination of increase in expenditure forecasts for 1st September 2014 expenditure forecast statement

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Amendment to regulation 39

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Amendment to regulation 39A (periodic support payments for new accredited RHI installations)

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Periodic support payments for CHP systems using biomass or biogas in combination with other sources of energy

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Amendments to regulation 40 (fossil fuel contamination of solid biomass and fossil fuel used for permitted ancillary purposes)

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Amendment to regulation 41 (fossil fuel contamination adjustment to periodic support payments for producers and combusters of biogas produced from gasification and pyrolysis)

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Amendments to regulation 42 (periodic support payments to producers of biomethane)

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Substitution of regulation 43 (treatment of additional RHI capacity)

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Additional capacity for biomethane production

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Amendments to regulation 50 (power to inspect accredited RHI installations)

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Amendments to Schedule 1 (information required for accreditation and registration)

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Amendments to Schedule 3 (tariffs)

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New tariffs for plants generating heat from biomass with a capacity of 1MWth or above etc

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Substitution of Schedule 4 (total expenditure)

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Substitution of Schedule 5 (expenditure in relation to individual technologies)

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Signed

Gregory Barker — Minister of State — Department of Energy and Climate Change — 27th May 2014

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 32. Section 100 is amended by S.I.2011/2195.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2011 No. 2860 as amended by S.I. 2012/1999, S.I. 2013/1033, S.I. 2013/2410, S.I. 2013/3179 and S.I 2014/928.

[^f00003]: Available at CHPQA.decc.gov.uk.

[^f00004]: The ISBN for the English language version of this standard is ISBN 0 580 19482 5. This standard is published by the British Standards Institution and copies can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com.

[^f00005]: 1990 c.43. Section 75(2) was substituted by section 120(1) of and paragraph 88(1) and (2) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) and a Schedule 2B (Categories of Waste) was inserted by paragraph 95 of that Schedule. Section 75(2) was amended by paragraph 3(8)(a) of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2011/988.

[^f00006]: The ISBN for the English language version of this standard is ISBN 978 0580 84107 1. This standard is published by the British Standards Institution and copies can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com.

[^f00007]: Details of which are available at www.microgenerationcertification.org.

[^f00008]: The ISBN for the English language version of this standard is ISBN 0580294153. This standard is published by the British Standards Institution and copies can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com.

[^f00009]: The ISBN for the English language version of this standard is ISBN 978 0 580 78472 9. This standard is published by the British Standards Institution and copes can be obtained at www.bsigroup.com.

[^f00010]: Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.

[^f00011]: Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.

[^f00012]: Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2014/928.

[^f00014]: 1993 c.39 as amended by the National Lottery Act 2006 c. 23.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2009 No. 785 as amended by S.I 2010/1107 and S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00016]: S.S.I. 2009 No. 140 as amended by S.S.I. 2013/116.

[^f00017]: Details of which are available at www.microgenerationcertification.org.

Editorial notes

[^key-37e723785dce97c48e6ee62c8addecc8]: Regulations revoked (22.5.2018) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/611), regs. 1, 92(2)(d) (with reg. 92(3)-(14))