# The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 26: Duty to make RHI payments

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to Parts 8 and 10, the Authority must make payments, referred to in these Regulations as “RHI payments”, to—
(a) a participant (“P”); or
(b) where there is an assignment, the NRI,
in respect of the heat generated by P’s accredited domestic plant.
(2) RHI payments accrue for seven years from the tariff start date.
(3) The Authority—
(a) must calculate the amount of RHI payments in accordance with regulation 27 or 28 and make RHI payments in arrears;
(b) may decide on the frequency of any RHI payments.
(4) Where—
(a) the Authority does not have all of the data it requires to calculate an RHI payment; and
(b) is unable to obtain any missing data under regulation 43(4), the Authority may estimate that data in order to make that calculation.
(5) In regulations 27 and 28, where the RHI payment for an accredited domestic plant is calculated for a quarterly period which starts before the second relevant date and ends on or after the second relevant date, “applicable initial tariff or subsequent tariff” means, as the case may be—
(a) the initial tariff which applies to that plant on the second relevant date, as calculated in accordance with regulation 34; or
(b) the subsequent tariff which applies to that plant on the second relevant date, as calculated in accordance with regulation 37.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/928/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-26
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