Legislation – The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

3 Amendment to article 7A (accreditation on or after 1st April 2019)

4 Amendment to article 8B (the application limit)

5 Amendment to article 9 (preliminary accreditation)

6 Amendment to article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations)

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Explanatory note

Amendment to article 9 (preliminary accreditation)5.

(1)

Article 9 is amended as follows.

(2)

For paragraph (8ZA), substitute—

“(8ZA)

Where under paragraph (8)(b) or (c) preliminary accreditation would otherwise cease to be valid on or after 1st March 2020, preliminary accreditation shall be valid—

(a)

for wind and anaerobic digestion installations, for 24 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority; and

(b)

for hydro generating stations, for 36 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority.”.

(3)

For paragraph (8AA), substitute—

“(8AA)

Where under paragraph (8A) preliminary accreditation would otherwise cease to be valid on or after 1st March 2020, preliminary accreditation shall be valid—

(a)

for solar photovoltaic installations, for 24 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority;

(b)

for wind and anaerobic digestion installations, for 30 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority; and

(c)

for hydro generating stations, for 42 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority.”.