{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/928",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The requirements set out in this Schedule in relation to a property are that an Energy Performance Certificate (“EPC”) has been issued for the property on the basis that it consists of a dwelling and—\n(a) the property is an eligible new-build property; or\n(b) the requirements in—\n(i) sub-paragraph (2) are met; and\n(ii) either sub-paragraph (3) or (4) are met.\n(2) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) are that—\n(a) the property was first occupied before the first commissioning date for the plant; and\n(b) the period between the date on which the EPC was issued and the RHI date is less than 24 months.\n(3) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) are that the EPC—\n(a) does not include a recommendation report; or\n(b) includes a recommendation report which does not recommend that loft insulation or cavity wall insulation be installed.\n(4) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) are that loft insulation or cavity wall insulation is recommended in a recommendation report included in the EPC and cannot be installed in accordance with that recommendation as that installation—\n(a) is prevented by restrictions on the building as a consequence of its status as a listed building, its location in a conservation area or the material impact that such installation would have on a protected species;\n(b) would otherwise be unlawful; or\n(c) is not feasible due to atypical local environmental conditions or the structure of the property.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1(2) 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, 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 9.4.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/928/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:19:53.649371+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}