Regulation 13 Plants where heat generation must be meteredI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The heat generated by the plant (“plant A”) must be metered if—

(a)

plant A is not a solar thermal plant; and

(b)

plant A falls within paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5).

(2)

Plant A falls within this paragraph where it provides heat to the F1same eligible property as another plant (“plant B”), except where plant B—

(a)

is a solar thermal plant;

(b)

is designed and installed to heat only one room;

F2(ba)

is located in a partition wall and directly radiates heat to two rooms;

(c)

captures heat from air which is expelled from F3the eligible property and transfers that heat into fresh air entering that property without generating additional heat;

(d)

is an immersion heater for a domestic hot water cylinder or is any other plant which solely generates heat for the purpose of heating domestic hot water; or

(e)

is a supplementary electric heater which is controlled by the same control system as the control system governing plant A.

(3)

Plant A falls within this paragraph where it is a biomass plant with an installation capacity which is not sufficient to provide space heating for all parts of the F4eligible property to which it provides heat and its first commissioning date is on or after the relevant date.

(4)

F5Subject to paragraph (4A), plant A falls within this paragraph where the F6eligible property to which it provides heat was occupied for less than 183 days in the 12 month period ending on its RHI date.

F7(4A)

Subject to regulation 46(1A), paragraph (4) does not apply to eligible new-build properties.

(5)

Plant A falls within this paragraph where it is a heat pump and is capable of using a fuel when generating heat for an eligible purpose.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 13(2) substituted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 10(2)(a)
F2: Reg. 13(2)(ba) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 7
F3: Words in reg. 13(2)(c) substituted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 10(2)(b)
F4: Word in reg. 13(3) inserted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 10(3)
F5: Words in reg. 13(4) inserted (24.3.2016) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/257), regs. 1, 19(1)
F6: Word in reg. 13(4) inserted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 10(3)
F7: Reg. 13(4A) inserted (24.3.2016) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/257), regs. 1, 19(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 13 in force at 9.4.2014, see reg. 1