Regulation 3 Amendments to regulation 2 (interpretation)

Regulation 2 is amended as follows.

In the definition of “biomass stove” after “cooking food” insert “unless it is a cooker stove”.

For the definition of “certified installer” substitute—

• ““certified installer” means a person who is certified by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme^f1 or a scheme which is—

  1. (a)

     equivalent to that scheme; and

  2. (b)

     accredited under EN 45011^f2 or EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012^f3;”.

In the definition of “domestic hot water” omit “in an eligible property”.

In the definition of “eligible purpose” for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

a solar thermal plant, the purpose of domestic hot water heating for an eligible property, or for both an eligible property and any related property which is not a swimming pool;”.

For the definition of “heat emitter guide” substitute—

• ““heat emitter guide” means version 2.0 of the document entitled “Heat Emitter Guide for Domestic Heat Pumps” published on 21st November 2014^f4;”.

Insert the following definitions at the appropriate places—

• ““cooker stove” means a biomass stove which is capable of generating heat for the purpose of cooking food but which is designed to ensure that heat generated for that purpose is incidental to, and cannot be controlled separately from, any heat generated for the purpose of space heating or domestic hot water heating;”;

• ““related property”, in relation to an eligible property, means any building or swimming pool which is used by, or available for the use of, an owner or occupier of the eligible property and where the building or swimming pool—

  1. (a)

     if the property is an RHI property, is not covered by the relevant EPC; or

  2. (b)

     in any other case, is not covered by the most recent Energy Performance Certificate for which details have been provided to the Authority;”;

• ““social landlord” means a local authority, a private registered provider of social housing, a body registered as a social landlord under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996^f5 or a body registered as a social landlord under section 23 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010^f6;”.