The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018

Interpretation

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

36.  In this Part—

“allocating authority” has the same meaning as in section 24(1) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003(1);

“landfill gas” means gas formed by the digestion of material in a landfill;

“municipal waste” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003(2);

“standby generation” means the generation of electricity by equipment which is not used frequently or regularly to generate electricity and where all the electricity generated by that equipment is used by the accredited RHI installation;

“waste collection authority” has the same meaning as in section 30(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(3);

“waste disposal authority” has the same meaning as in section 30(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(4).

(1)

2003 c.33. Section 24(1) was amended by S.I. 2013/141.

(2)

Section 21(3) was amended by S.I. 2011/2499.

(3)

1990 c.43. Section 30(3) was amended by paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19), and subsection (3)(c) was amended by paragraph 167(3) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).

(4)

Section 30(2)(f) was substituted by paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, and paragraph (g) was amended by paragraph 167(3) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.