The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/1659
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th September 2015.

Section 2 Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

(1) This Order amends the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order ”).

(2) A reference in this Order to a numbered article is to the article so numbered in the 2012 Order.

Section 3 Article 9 (preliminary accreditation)

In article 9 (preliminary accreditation)—

(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—

(1) This article applies where a person (“the prospective FIT generator”)—

(a) proposes to construct or operate an eligible installation (other than an extension) which, when commissioned, will—

(i) use anaerobic digestion;

(ii) be a hydro generating station; or

(iii) be a wind or solar photovoltaic installation, and have a declared net capacity of more than 50 kilowatts; and

(b) makes an application in writing to the Authority for preliminary accreditation, which is received by the Authority on or before 30th September 2015.

(b) in paragraph (2), for “upon an application in writing by the prospective FIT generator,”, substitute “upon receiving the application referred to in paragraph (1)(b),”.

Section 4 Article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations)

In article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations), in paragraph (5), for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

(b) the tariff date of the installation is—

(i) for installations where the Authority received the application for pre-registration on or before 30th September 2015, the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration; or

(ii) for installations where the Authority received the application for pre-registration after 30th September 2015, the same date as its eligibility date.