# The Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Regulation 3: Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation)


In regulation 2(1)—
(a) at the appropriate places insert—
““air source heat pump” means a plant 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;”;
(b) in the definition of “scheme year”, in paragraph (b), for “2040”, substitute “2042”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/642/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/green-gas-support-scheme-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-3
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