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Regulation 17 Accreditation applicationsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(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 F1eligible 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; F2...

(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 F3; and

(h)

where paragraph (2A) applies, a declaration that, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge and belief, one or more eligible electricity meters or on-board meters are installed in accordance with the requirements specified in regulation 5(2).

F4(2A)

This paragraph applies where an accreditation application is made on or after the third relevant date in respect of a plant which is a heat pump and is—

(a)

a replacement plant, with an RHI date on or after the third relevant date; or

(b)

not a replacement plant.

(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)

F5Subject to F6paragraphs (6) and (7), F7and regulation 2A(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.

F8(6)

F9Subject to paragraph (7), an accreditation application in relation to a cooker stove must be received by the Authority within 12 months of the first commissioning date for the plant or by 31st July 2015, whichever is later.

F10(7)

Where the first commissioning date for a plant is on or after 1st March 2019 F11and before scheme closure, an accreditation application must be received by the Authority before midnight at the end of 31st March 2022.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 17(1) inserted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 11(2)

F2

Word in reg. 17(2)(f) omitted (22.5.2018) by virtue of The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/610), regs. 1, 7(1)(a)

F3

Reg. 17(2)(h) and word inserted (22.5.2018) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/610), regs. 1, 7(1)(b)

F4

Reg. 17(2A) inserted (22.5.2018) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/610), regs. 1, 7(2)

F5

Words in reg. 17(4) inserted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 11(3)

F6

Words in reg. 17(4) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/76), regs. 1(4)(a), 4(a)

F7

Words in reg. 17(4) 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), 8(a)

F8

Reg. 17(6) inserted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 11(4)

F9

Words in reg. 17(6) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/76), regs. 1(4)(a), 4(b)

F10

Reg. 17(7) inserted (1.4.2021) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/76), regs. 1(4)(a), 4(c)

F11

Words in reg. 17(7) 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), 8(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 17 in force at 9.4.2014, see reg. 1