{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111111192",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirements for heat pumps",
  "text": "Where the plant is a heat pump, the applicable requirements referred to in regulation 3(a) are that—\n(a) it provides heating—\n(i) solely to a single eligible property; and\n(ii) for an eligible purpose using liquid as a medium for delivering that heat;\n(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;\n(c) it has a seasonal performance factor of 2.5 or above;\n(d) it uses a compressor which is driven by electricity; and\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111111192/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:33.225689+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."
}