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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "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": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "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 the property was first occupied before the first commissioning date for the plant and a Green Deal Assessment has been carried out for the property.\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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111111192/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
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  "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."
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