Regulation 3 Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)

at the appropriate places insert—

• ““air source heat pump” means a plant^f1 which generates heat using a thermodynamic cycle by transferring energy stored in the form of heat in the ambient air and uses that energy to heat a liquid;”;

• ““eligible heat pump” has the meaning given in regulation 8A(8);”;

• ““ground source heat pump” means a plant (which may or may not use a shared ground loop system) which generates heat using a thermodynamic cycle by transferring energy stored in the form of heat from the ground, including water in the ground or surface water or both, and uses that energy to heat a liquid;”;

• ““shared ground loop system”means a system in which a ground loop provides heat energy through a hydraulic connection to two or more ground source heat pumps;”;

in the definition of “scheme year”, in paragraph (b), for “2040”, substitute “2042”.