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The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011 (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory provisions

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Renewable heat incentive scheme

  3. PART 2 Eligibility and matters relating to eligibility

    1. CHAPTER 1 Eligible installations

      1. 4.Eligible installations

    2. CHAPTER 2 Eligibility criteria for technologies

      1. 5.Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass

      2. 5A.RHI emission certificates

      3. 6.Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass contained in municipal waste

      4. 7.Eligible installations generating heat using solar collectors

      5. 8.Eligible installations generating heat using ground source heat pumps

      6. 8A.Eligible installations generating heat using air source heat pumps

      7. 9.Eligible installations which are CHP systems

      8. 9A.Eligible installations which are new solid biomass CHP systems

      9. 10.Eligible installations generating heat using geothermal sources

      10. 11.Eligible installations generating heat using biogas

      11. 12.Other eligibility requirements for technologies

      12. 13.Certification for installation of Microgeneration heating equipment

      13. 14.Plants comprised of more than one plant

      14. 15.Excluded plants

    3. CHAPTER 3 Eligibility criteria in relation to metering and steam measuring

      1. 16.Metering of plants in simple systems

      2. 17.Metering of plants in complex systems

      3. 17A.Metering in respect of new applications for accreditation

      4. 17B.Metering in respect of new applications for accreditation in respect of ground source or air source heat pumps

      5. 18.Shared meters

      6. 19.Metering of CHP systems generating electricity only before 15th July 2009

      7. 20.Matters relating to all heat meters and steam measuring equipment

      8. 21.Additional metering requirements for plants generating heat from biogas

  4. PART 3 Accreditation and registration

    1. 22.Applications for accreditation

    2. 23.Treatment of grants from public funds

    3. 24.Changes in ownership

    4. 24A.Changes in location of accredited RHI installations

    5. 25.Producers of biomethane

    6. 26.Preliminary accreditation

    7. 26A.Preliminary registration of biomethane producers

  5. PART 4 Ongoing obligations for participants

    1. CHAPTER 1 Ongoing obligations relating to the use of solid biomass to generate heat

      1. 27.Interpretation

      2. 28.Participants using solid biomass contained in ... waste

      3. 29.Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of 1MWth or above

      4. 30.Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of between 45kWth and 1MWth

    2. CHAPTER 2 Ongoing obligations relating to the use of biogas to generate heat and the production of biomethane for injection

      1. 31.Biogas produced from gasification or pyrolysis

      2. 32.Participants generating heat from biogas

      3. 33.Biomethane producers

    3. CHAPTER 3 Ongoing obligations relating to other matters

      1. 34.Ongoing obligations: general

      2. 34A.Ongoing obligations: emissions from biomass

      3. 35.Ongoing obligations in relation to metering

      4. 36.Ongoing obligations in relation to the provision of information

    4. CHAPTERNonBreakingSpace4 Sustainable solid biomass etc

      1. 36A.Interpretation

      2. 36B.Ongoing obligation to use sustainable solid biomass or biogas or to produce sustainable biomethane

      3. 36C.Information to be provided to the Authority in relation to the use of sustainable solid biomass etc

      4. 36D.Sustainability audit reports

      5. 36E.Schemes for listing approved sustainable fuels

  6. PART 5 Periodic support payments

    1. 37.Payment of periodic support payments to participants

    2. 37A.Calculation of initial tariffs on or after the relevant date

    3. 37AA.Calculation of initial tariffs for certain installations and biomethane producers with tariff start dates before 1st January 2018

    4. 37B.Calculation of A for tariff start dates before the fifth relevant date

    5. 37BA.Calculation of A for tariff start dates on or after 1st January 2018

    6. 37C.Calculation of B

    7. 37D.Calculation of C

    8. 37E.Expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice

    9. 37F.Determination of increase in expenditure forecasts for 1st September 2014 expenditure forecast statement

    10. 38.Periodic support payments for accredited RHI installations in simple systems

    11. 39.Periodic support payments accredited RHI installations for complex systems

    12. 39A.Periodic support payments for new accredited RHI installations

    13. 39B.Periodic support payments for CHP systems using biomass or biogas in combination with other sources of energy

    14. 39C. CHP systems accredited in relation to the Renewables Obligation

    15. 39D.Periodic support payments for new solid biomass CHP systems

    16. 40.Fossil fuel contamination of solid biomass and fossil fuel used for permitted ancillary purposes

    17. 41.Fossil fuel contamination adjustment to periodic support payments for producers and combusters of biogas produced from gasification and pyrolysis

    18. 42.Periodic support payments to producers of biomethane

    19. 42A.Calculation of heat loss in certain circumstances

  7. PART 6 Additional RHI capacity

    1. 43.Treatment of additional RHI capacity

    2. 43A.Additional capacity for biomethane production

  8. PART 7 Enforcement

    1. 44.Power to temporarily withhold periodic support payments to investigate alleged non-compliance

    2. 45.Power to suspend periodic support payments where ongoing failure to comply

    3. 46.Power to permanently withhold or reduce a participant's periodic support payments

    4. 47.Revocation of accreditation or registration

    5. 48.Overpayment notices and offsetting

  9. PART 8 Revocation of sanctions

    1. 49.Revocation of Part 7 sanctions

  10. PART 9 Inspection

    1. 50.Power to inspect accredited RHI installations and equipment used to produce biomethane

  11. PART 10 Reviews

    1. 51.Right of review

  12. PART 10A Restriction of entry to the scheme

    1. 51A.Circumstances in which entry to the scheme is restricted

    2. 51B.Interpretation

  13. PART 11 Administrative Functions of the Authority and notices

    1. 52.Publication of guidance and tariffs

    2. 52A.Provision of information to the Authority etc

    3. 53.Reporting obligations

    4. 54.Additional information

    5. 55.Notices

  14. Signature

  15. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE A1

      Content of RHI emission certificates

      1. 1.The name and address of the testing laboratory by which...

      2. 2.The name and signature of the person authorised by the...

      3. 3.The date of issue of the certificate together with a...

      4. 4.Where the testing laboratory is accredited to BS EN ISO...

      5. 5.The name, model, manufacturer and installation capacity of the plant...

      6. 6.The date of the testing.

      7. 7.Confirmation that emissions of NO x and PM have been...

      8. 8.The requirements of this paragraph are that testing is carried...

      9. 9.The requirements of this paragraph are that—

      10. 10.Confirmation that the test was carried out at no less...

      11. 11.Confirmation that when tested as specified in paragraphs 7 to...

      12. 12.The actual emissions of PM and NO x measured when...

      13. 13.A list of— (a) the types of fuel used during...

      14. 14.The moisture content of the fuel used during testing and...

      15. 15.A statement indicating whether or not the plant tested was...

      16. 16.A list of plants, other than the plant tested, in...

    2. SCHEDULE 1

      Information required for accreditation and registration

      1. 1.(1) This Schedule specifies the information that may be required...

    3. SCHEDULE 2

      Provision of information in relation to the use of biomass in certain circumstances

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

      2. 2.The information is information identifying to the best of the...

      3. 3.The information specified in paragraph 2 must be collated by...

      4. 4.The information specified in paragraph 2 must be provided for...

      5. 5.For the purpose of this Schedule— ... “ environmental quality...

    4. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace2A

      Greenhouse gas criteria

      1. 1.Solid biomass, biogas or biomethane meets the greenhouse gas criteria...

      2. 2.Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions shall be calculated as follows—

      3. 3.For the purposes of paragraph 2— (a) η h is...

      4. 4.In this Schedule— (a) “actual value method” means the method...

    5. SCHEDULE 2B

      Land criteria

      1. PARTNonBreakingSpace1 Interpretation

        1. 1.In this Schedule, material is added to solid biomass for...

        2. 2.In this Schedule— “continuously forested area” means land of an...

        3. 3.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) solid biomass was...

      2. PARTNonBreakingSpace2 Land criteria for solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood, excluding energy crops

        1. 4.Solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood...

        2. 5.(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4, solid biomass which...

        3. 6.Material added to solid biomass for an exempt purpose shall...

        4. 7.A management plan meets the requirements specified in this paragraph...

        5. 8.For the purposes of paragraph 7(h) and (i), each of...

        6. 9.In this Part, “Forest Europe Sustainable Forest Management Criteria” means...

      3. PARTNonBreakingSpace3 Land criteria for other solid biomass including energy crops

        1. 10.Solid biomass which is not wood or derived wholly from...

        2. 11.Material added to solid biomass for an exempt purpose shall...

        3. 12.Solid biomass is obtained from a protected source if it...

        4. 13.This paragraph applies if the production of the solid biomass...

        5. 14.This paragraph applies if the cultivation and harvesting of the...

    6. SCHEDULE 3

      Tariffs

    7. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace3A

      New tariffs for plants generating heat from solid biomass with a capacity of 1 MWth or above, ground source heat pumps and solar collectors

    8. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace3B

      New tariffs for new solid biomass CHP systems, deep geothermal energy, biogas combustion with a capacity of 200kWth and above and air source heat pumps

    9. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace3C

      New biomethane tariffs

    10. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace3D

      New tariffs

    11. SCHEDULE 4

      Total expenditure

    12. SCHEDULENonBreakingSpace5

      Expenditure in relation to individual technologies

      1. PART 1 Small biomass plants

      2. PART 2 Medium biomass plants

      3. PART 3 Large biomass plants

      4. PART 4 Heat pumps (except air source heat pumps)

      5. PART 5 Plants using solar collectors

      6. PART 6 Producers of biomethane for injection and plants which generate heat from biogas

      7. PART 7 New biomass CHP systems

      8. PART 8 Deep geothermal plants

      9. PART 9 Air source heat pumps

  16. Explanatory Note

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