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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which apply in England and Wales, amend the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/565) (“the 2022 Regulations”), which established the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (“BUS”). BUS is a renewable heat incentive scheme to facilitate and encourage the use of heat pumps and biomass boilers to provide space and water heating in domestic properties and small non-domestic properties. BUS supports the installation of heat pumps and biomass boilers through a grant mechanism provided that they do not replace an existing renewable heating system.\nRegulation 2 is amended to define “installer” as a person certified by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). Regulation 4 is amended to provide the Secretary of State with the power to approve subsequent versions of the MCS for the purpose of the definition of “installer” in regulation 2. Regulation 15, 19, Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 are amended to remove the concept of an “equivalent” scheme to MCS.\nRegulations 2, 8, 9 and Schedule 2 are amended, and regulation 9A is inserted, to introduce air-to-air heat pumps as a new technology that is an eligible plant under the 2022 Regulations, unless it is installed in relation to a non-residential building. Regulation 2 is amended to clarify the difference between the new air-to-air heat pumps, and air-to-water heat pumps.\nRegulation 2 is amended to update the definition of “urban area” to reference the latest data in the 2021 rural-urban classification of output areas.\nRegulation 5 is amended to remove the requirement for a property to have a valid energy performance certificate to be considered an “eligible property” under the 2022 Regulations.\nRegulation 2, 15 and 30 are amended to extend the operation of the BUS through to 2030.\nSchedule 1A is amended to introduce new categories of grant related to air-to-air heat pumps.\nSchedule 2 is amended to make consequential amendments to the information that must be provided for a grant application. In particular, Schedule 2 is amended to provide that a valid energy performance certificate should be provided where the property has one, and where there is no valid EPC the details of any expired EPC must be provided, as well as any other information the Authority may require.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero at 3-8 Whitehall Place SW1A 2AW and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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