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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 No. 1413
14. For regulation 13 substitute—
13.—(1) A plant meets the requirements set out in this regulation if it is certified under—
(a)the Microgeneration Certification Scheme(1) as installed in accordance with the relevant installation standard in that scheme; or
(b)a scheme accredited under European Standards EN 45011(2) or EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012(3) as installed in accordance with the installation requirements applicable to the plant which apply under that scheme where—
(i)that scheme is equivalent to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme; and
(ii)the installation requirements are those which apply on the plant’s first commissioning date and which are equivalent to the relevant installation standard.
(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant installation standard” means, if the first commissioning date for the plant is—
(a)on or after the third relevant date—
(i)where the plant generates heat from solid biomass, version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems” published on 16th December 2013(4);
(ii)where the plant is a ground source heat pump or air source heat pump, version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of microgeneration heat pump systems” published on 16th December 2013(5); or
(iii)where the plant generates heat using a solar collector, version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solar heating microgeneration systems” published on 16th December 2013(6); or
(b)earlier than the third relevant date, any installation requirements applicable to the plant under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme on the plant’s first commissioning date.”.
Details of which are available at www.microgenerationcertification.org.
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.
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.
Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.
Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.
Published on www.microgenerationcertification.org.
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