# The Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024, Regulation 12: Low-carbon heat target


(1) A scheme participant has a low-carbon heat target for each scheme year for which it is a scheme participant, expressed as a number of units and calculated in accordance with this regulation.
(2) A scheme participant’s low-carbon heat target for a scheme year is the number of units which is equal to the sum of—
(a) 6% of the number of gas boilers in excess of 19,999 of which the scheme participant is the supplier and which are the subject of a qualifying sale during the scheme year; and
(b) 6% of the number of oil boilers in excess of 999 of which the scheme participant is the supplier and which are the subject of a qualifying sale during the scheme year.
(3) A scheme participant’s low-carbon heat target—
(a) may be adjusted up or down in accordance with regulation 29 (correction of the registry); and
(b) for a scheme year other than the 2025 scheme year, may be increased in accordance with regulation 27 (carry forward of part of low-carbon heat target).
(4) The administrator must record a scheme participant’s low-carbon heat target in the registry.
(5) Where a scheme participant’s low-carbon heat target, calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) and, where applicable, paragraph (3), is not a whole number, the target is to be rounded to the nearest whole number, rounding down any fraction of less than one half and rounding up any other fraction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266047/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-clean-heat-market-mechanism-regulations-2024/regulation-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.