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The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014

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Accreditation applications

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17.—(1) An owner of a plant which meets the eligibility criteria may apply to the Authority for that plant to be given accreditation if that person owns or occupies the property to which the plant provides heat.

(2) Accreditation applications must include—

(a)all of the information specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4;

(b)such of the information specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4 as the Authority may require;

(c)any declarations by the applicant which the Authority may require;

(d)if regulation 13 requires that the heat generated by the plant for which accreditation is sought must be metered—

(i)confirmation from a certified installer who was responsible for, or checked, the installation of the meters, that eligible meters are installed in accordance with the metering requirements; and

(ii)a statement from that installer as to whether eligible meters are installed in accordance with paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of regulation 15, or paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) of regulation 16;

(e)if eligible meters are positioned in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4) of regulation 15 or paragraph (3), (4) or (5) of regulation 16, an authorisation application;

(f)if the plant is a heat pump and regulation 13 requires that the heat it generates must be metered, a statement as to which components of the heat pump the applicant is seeking to be included in the calculation of eligible metered heat; and

(g)if the plant is owned by more than one person, such evidence as the Authority may require that the accreditation application is made by only one of those owners and that the owner who is making the accreditation application has the authority from all other owners to be the participant.

(3) Where the plant is a heat pump for which the first commissioning date is earlier than the relevant date and the applicant does not want the seasonal performance factor for the plant to be deemed to be 2.5, the applicant must provide a request that the plant’s seasonal performance factor be calculated in accordance with the heat emitter guide.

(4) An accreditation application must be received by the Authority within 12 months of—

(a)the first commissioning date for the plant if that date is on or after the relevant date; or

(b)the relevant date if the first commissioning date for the plant is earlier than the relevant date.

(5) Where an RHPP grant has been paid for the plant, an accreditation application for that plant cannot be made earlier than the date—

(a)three months after the relevant date if the application for the RHPP grant was made earlier than 20th May 2013; or

(b)six months after the relevant date if the application for the RHPP grant was made on or after 20th May 2013.

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