{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-closure-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2026/9780338026613",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-closure-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Consideration of whether plant is an eligible installation for purposes of conversion",
  "text": "(1) The existing participant must—\n(a) confirm that the relevant information held by the Department is correct, or\n(b) update the Department with the correct information, including any information that indicates a change in the circumstances of the accreditation.\n(2) The Department may require the existing participant to provide any further information that the Department considers would assist it in exercising its functions under this Part.\n(3) The existing participant must confirm or update the relevant information, or provide the further information—\n(a) within the time specified by the Department, and\n(b) in the form and manner required by the Department, which may include, for example, the participant providing information electronically.\n(4) The Department or its authorised agent may request entry without notice at any reasonable hour to inspect the installation and its associated infrastructure for the purposes of ascertaining whether an installation is an eligible installation for the purposes of conversion in accordance with regulation 7.\n(5) The power to enter and inspect includes the power to—\n(a) take samples and remove them from the premises for analysis,\n(b) take photographs, measurements or video or audio recordings.\n(6) The Department must either—\n(a) provide the statement of closure eligibility in accordance with regulation 7(5), or\n(b) notify the existing participant in accordance with regulation 8(3),\nwithin 28 days of the existing participant completing the requirements of this regulation to the satisfaction of the Department.\n(7) An existing participant may, instead of complying with paragraph (1), (3) or (4), notify the Department that they do not wish that their existing accreditation be converted to a closure accreditation.\n(8) Where paragraph (7) applies, the existing accreditation is revoked in accordance with regulation 8.\n(9) This regulation is without prejudice to the powers of the Department to request information and carry out inspections under regulations 28 and 37.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2026/9780338026613/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:52.364958+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."
}