The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Harburnhead) Order 2016

• Citation: S.I. 2016/1000
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Harburnhead) Order 2016 and comes into force on 17th November 2016.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ the Act ” means the Electricity Act 1989;

“ the company ” means LDV Harburnhead Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC420122;

“ the generating station ” means Harburnhead Wind Farm, an electricity generating station whose entrance is located at Ordnance Survey map reference NT 039 602, approximately 8 kilometres south of Livingston, Scotland;

“ the total system ” means all transmission systems and distribution systems, located in Great Britain, of holders of licences under section 6(1)(b) and (c) of the Act .

Section 3 Exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the company is granted exemption from section 4(1)(a) of the Act (prohibition of unlicensed generation of electricity for supply) in respect of the generating station.

(2) The exemption granted by paragraph (1) is subject to compliance with the following conditions—

(a) that the generating station is connected to the total system;

(b) that, except in circumstances outside the reasonable control of the company, the generating station does not export more than 100 megawatts of electrical power to the total system; and

(c) that the company does not hold a licence under section 6(1)(a) of the Act.