Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 2195 of 2011)

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2011 No. 2195 ENERGY The Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 Made - - - - 5th September 2011 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 100(5) of the Energy Act 2008(a). In accordance with section 105(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. 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. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Renewable Heat Incentive (Amendment to the Energy Act 2008) Regulations 2011 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made. Amendments to section 100 of the Energy Act 2008 2.—(1) Section 100 of the Energy Act 2008 is amended as follows. (2) In section 100(3)— (a) for the definition of “biogas”, substitute— ““biogas” means gas produced by the anaerobic or thermal conversion of biomass;”; (b) in the definition of “biomass”, after “fossil fuel” insert “or peat”. (3) In section 100(4), at the end insert— “(i) biogas.”. Gregory Barker Minister of State 5th September 2011 Department of Energy and Climate Change (a) 2008 c. 32. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend section 100 of the Energy Act 2008. Regulation 2 amends the definitions of “biogas” and “biomass” contained in subsection (3) and modifies the list of sources of energy and technologies set out in subsection (4) to include biogas. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ¤ Crown copyright 2011 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. ISBN 978-0-11-151515-0 £4.00 E1257 9/2011 111257T 19585 9 780111 515150