The Renewables Obligation Order 2006 No. 1004 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
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
PART 3 Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources
5.Eligible renewable sources: general
6.Eligible renewable sources: qualifying arrangement
7.Eligible renewable sources: other fuels
8.Eligible renewable sources: supplemental
9.Calculation of amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable sources
10.Calculation of amount of electricity supplied to customers
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) of the Act
14.Further provision in relation to production of certificates and NIROCs
PART 5 ROCs: Issue and Revocation
15.Obligation to issue ROCs
16.Criteria for issue of ROCs
17.Criteria for issue of ROCs: supplemental
18.Procedure and calculations for issue of ROCs
19.ROC Register
20.Revocation of ROCs
21.Small generators
PART 6 Payments out of the Buy-Out Fund
22.Allocation of payments made under article 11
PART 7 Additional Payments
23.Late payments
24.Mutualisation: Payments In
25.Mutualisation: Payments Out
26.Mutualisation: Recalculations
27.Mutualisation: Definitions and Interpretation
PART 8 Provision of Information and Functions of the Authority
28.Provision of information to the Authority
29.Exchange of information with the Northern Ireland Authority
30.Functions of the Authority
31.Preliminary accreditation and accreditation of generating stations
PART 9 Revocation, Transitional and Savings
32.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 ROC 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 ROC which—...
6.Where the registered holder of a ROC and a person...
7.Where the Authority receives in writing a request for substitution...
8.Where a ROC is issued in accordance with article 15...
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 2009, the electricity to which the NIROC...
10.In paragraph 9, “the specified percentage” means—
11.After 31st March 2016, the electricity to which the NIROC...
12.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
13.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
14.The electricity to which the NIROC relates was not generated...
15.Paragraph 16 applies where— (a) a qualifying arrangement (“the applicable...
16.If this paragraph applies, then it is a condition of...
17.Paragraph 18 applies where an extant qualifying arrangement (“the applicable...
18.If this paragraph applies, then it is a condition of...
19.Paragraphs 16 and 18 shall not apply to a NIROC...
20.In paragraphs 16 and 18, in relation to a person...
21.The references in paragraph 20 to the first person and...
22.For the purposes of paragraphs 15 to 21, a generating...
23.For the purposes of paragraph 4, the main components of...
24.The following terms shall have the meanings given below where...
25.Paragraph 26 applies, where in respect of any generating station,...
26.In the case of a generating referred to in paragraph...
SCHEDULE 4
AMOUNT OF RELEVANT SHORTFALL FOR EACH OBLIGATION PERIOD
Explanatory Note