# The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 5: Requirements for heat pumps

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where the plant is a heat pump, the applicable requirements referred to in regulation 3(a) are that—
(a) it provides heating—
(i) solely to a single eligible property , or to both a single eligible property and any related property; and
(ii) for an eligible purpose using liquid as a medium for delivering that heat;
(b) it meets the requirements set out in the standards for heat pumps specified in paragraph 1(4)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Schedule 1 which are applicable on the plant’s first commissioning date;
(c) it has a seasonal performance factor of 2.5 or above;
(d) it uses a compressor which is driven by electricity; ...
(e) if it is an air source heat pump, it is not designed to use heat in air which has been expelled from an appliance or building ; and
(f) if it is a heat pump for which the RHI date is on or after the third relevant date, it meets the requirements specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements specified in this paragraph are that—
(a) one or more eligible electricity meters or on-board meters are installed to record any—
(i) electricity supplied to the plant which is used to generate heat;
(ii) electrical input into any supplementary electric heater controlled by the same control system which governs the heat pump; and
(iii) electrical input into any immersion heater for a domestic hot water cylinder where the immersion heater is controlled by the same control system which governs the heat pump;
(b) in respect of any eligible electricity meter installed in accordance with sub-paragraph (a)—
(i) in the case of a meter installed before the third relevant date, a certified installer was responsible for installing it or for checking that it was properly installed;
(ii) in the case of a meter installed on or after the third relevant date, a certified installer was responsible for installing it;
(iii) the meter is properly calibrated, properly installed and in good working order; and
(iv) the meter has a label which identifies the plant or other components being metered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/928/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-5
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