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Introductory Text
PART 1 Introductory Provisions
1.Citation, commencement and extent
2.Interpretation
PART 2 The Renewables Obligation
3.The renewables obligation
4.The amount of the renewables obligation
5.Minimum amount from specified descriptions of renewable source and generating station
PART 3 Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources
6.Eligible renewable sources: general
7.Eligible renewable sources: qualifying arrangement
8.Eligible renewable sources: other fuels
9.Eligible renewable sources: supplemental
10.Calculation of amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable sources
PART 4 Alternative Ways of Discharging Renewables Obligation
11.Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: payments
12.Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: NIROCs
13.Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: certificates certifying the matters in section 32B(2A) or (2AA) of the Act
14.Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: certificates certifying the matters in section 32B(2AB) or (2AC) of the Act
15.Further provision in relation to production of certificates and NIROCs
PART 5 SROCs: Issue and Revocation
16.Obligation to issue SROCs
17.Issue of SROCs to agents
18.Criteria for issue of SROCs
19.Criteria for issue of SROCs: supplemental
20.Criteria for issue of SROCs to agents: supplemental
21.Issuing SROCs certifying the matters in section 32B(2ZA), (2AA) or (2AC) of the Act: supplemental
22.Procedure and calculations for issue of SROCs
23.SROC Register
24.Revocation of SROCs
25.Small generators
PART 6 Payments out of the Buy-Out Funds
26.Administrative division of payments made under article 11
27.Allocation of the buy-out fund
28.Allocation of the wave buy-out fund
29.Allocation of the tidal buy-out fund
PART 7 Additional Payments
30.Late payments
31.Mutualisation: payments in
32.Mutualisation: payments out
33.Mutualisation: recalculations
34.Mutualisation: definitions and interpretation
PART 8 Provision of Information and Functions of the Authority
35.Provision of information to the Authority
36.Exchange of information with the Northern Ireland Authority
37.Functions of the Authority
38.Preliminary accreditation and accreditation of generating stations
PART 9 Revocation, Transitional and Savings
39.Revocation, transitional and savings
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
AMOUNT OF THE RENEWABLES OBLIGATION
SCHEDULE 2
THE REGISTER
1.The Authority shall maintain the Register (which may be in...
2.Particulars of a SROC comprise– (a) the name of the...
3.A person may only be the registered holder of a...
4.The Authority may from time to time draw up procedural...
5.The Authority shall delete from the Register any SROC which–...
6.Where the registered holder of a SROC and a person...
7.Where the Authority receives in writing a request for substitution...
8.Where a SROC is issued in accordance with article 16...
9.The substitute shall not be the registered holder of the...
10.The Register may be amended by a decision of the...
11.The contents of the Register (including the entries referred to...
12.Where any person considers that an entry maintained in respect...
13.The Authority shall in any procedural guidelines which it produces...
SCHEDULE 3
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR NIROCs
1.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was generated from...
2.The electricity was generated in Northern Ireland (which for the...
3.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
4.Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, the electricity to which...
5.Paragraph 4 shall not apply in relation to a NIROC...
6.Paragraph 4 shall not apply in relation to a NIROC...
7.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
8.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
9.After 31st March 2016, the electricity to which the NIROC...
10.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
11.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
12.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
13.Paragraph 14 applies where– (a) a qualifying arrangement (“the applicable...
14.If this paragraph applies, it is a condition of eligibility...
15.Paragraph 16 applies, where an extant qualifying arrangement (“the applicable...
16.If this paragraph applies it is a condition of eligibility...
17.Paragraphs 14 and 16 shall not apply to a NIROC...
18.In paragraphs 14 and 16, in relation to a person...
19.The references in paragraph 18 to the first person and...
20.For the purposes of paragraphs 13 to 19, a generating...
21.For the purposes of paragraph 4, the main components of...
22.The following terms shall have the meanings given below where...
23.Paragraph 24 applies, where in respect of any generating station,...
24.In the case of a generating station referred to in...
SCHEDULE 4
AMOUNT OF RELEVANT SHORTFALL FOR EACH OBLIGATION PERIOD
Explanatory Note