# The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (revoked) S.R. 2012/396 · made 31 October 2012 · revised to 7 September 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked/pdf/nisr_20120396_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20120396_en.pdf ## Introductory text Energy Laid before the Assembly in draft Made 31st October 2012 Coming into operation 1st November 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTORY ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Renewable heat incentive scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ELIGIBILITY AND MATTERS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY ### Chapter 1: Eligible installations ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Eligibility criteria for technologies ## 5 Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass contained in municipal waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Eligible installations generating heat using solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Eligible installations generating heat using heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Eligible installations which are CHP systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Eligible installations generating heat using geothermal sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Eligible installations generating heat using biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Other eligibility requirements for technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 MCS certification for microgeneration heating equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Plants comprised of more than one plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Excluded plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Eligibility criteria in relation to metering and steam measuring ## 16 Metering of plants in simple systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Metering of plants in complex systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Shared meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Metering of CHP systems generating electricity only before 1st September 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Matters relating to all heat meters and steam measuring equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Additional metering requirements for plants generating heat from biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: ACCREDITATION AND REGISTRATION ## 22 Applications for accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Exceptions to duty to accredit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23A Suspension of the operation of the scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23B Voluntary buy-out arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Changes in ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24A Changes in location of accredited RHI installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Producers of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Preliminary accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: ONGOING OBLIGATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS ### Chapter 1: Ongoing obligations relating to the use of solid biomass to generate heat ## 27 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Participants using solid biomass contained in municipal waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of between 45kWth and 1MWth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Ongoing obligations relating to the use of biogas to generate heat and the production of biomethane for injection ## 30 Biogas produced from gasification or pyrolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Participants generating heat from biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Biomethane producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Ongoing obligations relating to other matters ## 33 Ongoing obligations: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Ongoing obligations in relation to metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Ongoing obligations in relation to the provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: PERIODIC SUPPORT PAYMENTS ## 36 Payment of periodic support payments to participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Periodic support payments for accredited RHI installations in simple systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Periodic support payments accredited RHI installations for complex systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38A Periodic support payments accredited RHI installations for complex systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Fossil fuel contamination of solid biomass and fossil fuel used for permitted ancillary purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Fossil fuel contamination adjustment to periodic support payments for producers and combusters of biogas produced from gasification and pyrolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Periodic support payments to producers of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: ADDITIONAL RHI CAPACITY ## 42 Treatment of additional RHI capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: ENFORCEMENT ## 43 Power to temporarily withhold periodic support payments to investigate alleged non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Power to suspend periodic support payments where ongoing failure to comply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Power to permanently withhold or reduce a participant’s periodic support payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Revocation of accreditation or registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Overpayment notices and offsetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATION OF SANCTIONS ## 48 Revocation of Part 7 sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: INSPECTION ## 49 Power to inspect accredited RHI installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: REVIEWS ## 50 Right of review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND NOTICES ## 51 Publication of guidance and publication of specified information on the Department’s website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Information required for accreditation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Provision of information in relation to the use of biomass in certain circumstances ## 1 Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Information to be provided to the Department where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 - Tariffs for installations accredited ... befor Table 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3A TEMPORARY BIOMASS TARIFFS FOR INSTALLATIONS ACCREDITED BEFORE 18 NOVEMBER 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Tariffs For Installations Accredited on or after 18thNovember 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/396 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.