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The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Temporary Modification) Regulations 2021 in Scotland

S.I. 2021/346 · Made 17 March 2021

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Energy

Made 17th March 2021

Laid before Parliament 18th March 2021

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 100(1), (2)(a) and (b) and section 104(2) of the Energy Act 2008f1.

In accordance with section 100(7) of that Act, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Scottish Ministers to the making of these Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 32. Section 100 was amended by section 51 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) and S.I. 2011/2195. Section 51 also amended section 105 of the Energy Act 2008 (Parliamentary control of subordinate legislation). By virtue of section 105(3A) to (3I), these Regulations do not attract the affirmative resolution procedure.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, application and extent
  2. 2Modification of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, application and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Temporary Modification) Regulations 2021.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on the same day as the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (Temporary Modifications) Regulations 2021f1.

(3)

The modification made by these Regulations has the same application and extent as the provision modified.

2Modification of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018

(1)

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018f1 are modified as follows.

(2)

Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) is to be read, for the 12-month period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force, as if for the definition of “CHPQA” there were substituted—

  • ““CHPQA” means, except in regulation 27, the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Standard, Issue 8, March 2021f2;”.

Signature

Callanan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

17th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations modify, for the 12-month period beginning with the day on which they come into force, the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/611). The purpose of the modification is to update, for the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force, the definition of the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Standard to refer to issue 8 of that Standard, which is available together with its accompanying guidance notes at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chpqa-standard or in hard copy upon request from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument since the modifications made by it will remain in force for no more than 12 months.