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The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011

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Information to be provided to the Authority where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane

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2.  The information is information identifying to the best of the participant’s knowledge and belief, in such manner and form as the Authority may require—

(a)the material from which the solid biomass was composed;

(b)the form of the solid biomass;

(c)its mass;

(d)whether the solid biomass was a by-product of a process;

(e)whether the solid biomass was derived from waste;

(f)where the solid biomass was plant matter or derived from plant matter, the country where the plant matter was grown;

(g)where the information specified in paragraph (vi) is not known or the solid biomass was not plant matter or derived from plant matter, the country from which the operator obtained the solid biomass;

(h)whether any of the solid biomass used was an energy crop or derived from an energy crop and if so—

(i)the proportion of the consignment which was or was derived from the energy crop, and

(ii)the type of energy crop in question;

(i)whether the solid biomass or any matter from which it was derived was certified under an environmental quality assurance scheme and, if so, the name of the scheme;

(j)where the solid biomass was plant matter or derived from plant matter, the use to which the land on which the plant matter was grown has been put since 30th November 2005.

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