Regulation 8 Certification requirementsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The requirements referred to in regulation 3(b) are that the plant is certified under—

(a)

the Microgeneration Certification Scheme^f1 as installed in accordance with F1a relevant installation standard in that scheme; or

F2(b)

a scheme where—

(i)

installers are certified to that scheme’s standards by a certification body or organisation accredited to EN 45011 or EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012;

(ii)

the plant is installed in accordance with the installation requirements applicable to the plant under that scheme on the plant’s first commissioning date and which are equivalent to a relevant installation standard; and

(iii)

that scheme is equivalent to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “relevant installation standard” means, if the first commissioning date for the plant is—

F3(za)

after scheme closure, a document mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or a subsequent version or issue of that document approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 2B(1);

(a)

on or after the relevant date F4and before scheme closure—

F5(i)

where the plant is a biomass plant—

(aa)

version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems” published on 16th December 2013;

(bb)

version 4.1 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems” published on 1st May 2015; or

(cc)

version 4.2 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems” published on 6th May 2015,

provided it is in force on the plant’s first commissioning date;

F6(ii)

where the plant is a ground source heat pump or air source heat pump—

(aa)

version 4.1 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of microgeneration heat pump systems” published on 21st November 2014; F7...

(bb)

version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of microgeneration heat pump systems” published on 16th December 2013 F8, F9...

(cc)

version 4.3 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of microgeneration heat pump systems” published on 6th May 2015 F10; F11...

(dd)

version 5.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005 requirements for MCS contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of microgeneration heat pump systems” published on 28th April F122017; or

(F13ee)

Issue 1.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-D The Heat Pump Standard (Design)” published on 1st December 2021 and Issue 1.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-I The Heat Pump Standard (Installation)” published on 1st December 2021,

provided F14the specified installation standard or standards are in force on the plant’s first commissioning date; or

(iii)

where the plant is a solar thermal plant—

(aa)

version 4.1 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solar heating microgeneration systems” published on 21st November 2014; F15...

(bb)

version 4.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solar heating microgeneration systems” published on 16th December 2013 F16; F17...

(cc)

version 4.2 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solar heating microgeneration systems” published on 1st May F182015; or

(F19dd)

Issue 5.0 of the document entitled “Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3001 The Solar Thermal Standard (Installation)” published on 1st December 2021,

provided it is in force on the plant’s first commissioning date; or

(b)

earlier than the relevant date, any installation requirements applicable to the plant under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme on the first commissioning date.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 8(1)(a) substituted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 8(2)
F2: Reg. 8(1)(b) substituted (24.3.2016) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/257), regs. 1, 17
F3: Reg. 8(2)(za) 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), 5(a)
F4: Words in reg. 8(2)(a) 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), 5(b)
F5: Reg. 8(2)(a)(i) substituted (26.9.2015) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1459), regs. 1(2), 13(2)
F6: Reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(iii) substituted (5.2.2015) by The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/143), regs. 1, 8(3)
F7: Word in reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(aa) omitted (26.9.2015) by virtue of The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1459), regs. 1(2), 13(3)
F8: Reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(cc) and word inserted (26.9.2015) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1459), regs. 1(2), 13(4)
F9: Word in reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(bb) omitted (31.7.2017) by virtue of The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/727), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)
F10: Reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(dd) and word inserted (31.7.2017) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/727), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)
F11: Word in reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(cc) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 5(c)(i)
F12: Words in reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(dd) substituted (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), 5(c)(ii)
F13: Reg. 8(2)(a)(ii)(ee) 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), 5(c)(iii)
F14: Words in reg. 8(2)(a)(ii) substituted (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), 5(c)(iv)
F15: Word in reg. 8(2)(a)(iii)(aa) omitted (26.9.2015) by virtue of The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1459), regs. 1(2), 13(5)
F16: Reg. 8(2)(a)(iii)(cc) and word inserted (26.9.2015) by The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1459), regs. 1(2), 13(6)
F17: Word in reg. 8(2)(a)(iii)(bb) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/159), regs. 1(3), 5(d)(i)
F18: Words in reg. 8(2)(a)(iii)(cc) substituted (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), 5(d)(ii)
F19: Reg. 8(2)(a)(iii)(dd) 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), 5(d)(iii)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 9.4.2014, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: Details of which are available at www.microgenerationcertification.org.