{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-england-and-wales-regulations-2022/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-england-and-wales-regulations-2022/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/565",
  "legislation_title": "The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-england-and-wales-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Approval of standards or schemes by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must approve—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) one or more standards for heat pumps for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(c),\n(c) one or more standards for the purposes of regulation 9(1)(d),\n(d) one or more standards for biomass boilers for the purposes of regulation 10(1)(c),\n(e) a standard for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1,\n(f) a standard for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1,\n(g) a standard in relation to NOx emissions and a standard in relation to PM emissions for the purposes of paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1,\n(h) one or more installation standards for—\n(i) biomass boilers, and\n(ii) heat pumps,\nfor the purposes of paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 4, ... and\n(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(j) one or more codes of practice for consumer protection for the purpose of the definition of “consumer code” in regulation 2(1).\n(1A) The Secretary of State may approve a subsequent version of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme for the purpose of the definition of “installer” in regulation 2(1).\n(2) The Secretary of State may withdraw the approval of any standard or scheme under paragraph (1) or (1A).\n(3) The Secretary of State must—\n(a) publish the details of the standards or schemes first approved under paragraph (1) before the end of the commencement date to have effect from that date,\n(b) publish the details of any subsequent standard or scheme which is approved under paragraph (1) or (1A), and the date from which it is approved, and\n(c) where the approval of a standard or scheme is withdrawn under paragraph (2), publish that fact together with the date on which it ceased to be approved.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1)(a) omitted (28.4.2026) by virtue of The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(i) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(1)(c) substituted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(ii) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(1)(h) omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 4(a) (with reg. 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(1)(h) inserted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(iii) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1)(i) omitted (28.4.2026) by virtue of The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(iv) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1)(j) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/524), regs. 1(2), 4(c) (with reg. 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1A) inserted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(b) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(2) inserted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(c) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(3)(b) inserted (28.4.2026) by The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/390), regs. 1(2), 4(d) (with reg. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 23.5.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/565/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:40:49.375023+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}