Regulation 6 Interpretation of this PartI1

In this Part—

• “ETII proportion” and “QHS proportion” mean, in respect of a non-standard customer or provider and any period, the proportions determined as such in accordance with regulation 8;

• “higher-tier provider” means, in relation to a provider, another provider who directly supplies or makes available to the first provider energy or energy products (or both);

• “lower-tier provider” means, in relation to a provider, another provider to whom the first provider directly supplies or makes available energy or energy products (or both);

• “provider” means a person that supplies or otherwise makes available to another person—

  1. (a)

     eligible energy, or

  2. (b)

     energy products produced using eligible energy,

  that is or has been conveyed to the premises of a non-standard customer;

• “qualifying claim period” has the meaning given in the Scheme Terms^f1.

In the application of these Regulations in England and Wales and Scotland, the following terms have the meanings given to them in the main scheme GB Regulations, and in the application of these Regulations in Northern Ireland, they have the meanings given to them in the main scheme NI Regulations—

• “certification date”;

• “certified ETII operator”;

• “certified heat supplier”;

• “ETII certificate”;

• “immediate ETII provider”;

• “qualifying heat consumer”;

• “QHS certificate”.