The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

[F1 Information N.I.

55C.— (1) A renewables obligation order may provide for the Authority to require—

(a) an electricity supplier to provide the Authority with information, or with information of a particular kind, which in the authority's opinion is relevant to the question whether the supplier is discharging, or has discharged, his renewables obligation;

(b) a person to provide the authority with information, or with information of a particular kind, which in the Authority's opinion is relevant to the question whether a renewables obligation certificate is, or was or will in future be, required to be issued to the person.

(2) That information must be given to the Authority in whatever form it requires.

(3) A renewables obligation order may—

(a) require operators of generating stations generating electricity (wholly or partly) from biomass to give specified information, or information of a specified kind, to the Authority;

(b) specify what, for this purpose, constitutes “biomass”;

(c) require the information to be given in a specified form and within a specified period;

(d) authorise or require the Authority to postpone the issue of certificates under Article 54 to the operator of a generating station who fails to comply with a requirement imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) or (c) until such time as the failure is remedied;

(e) authorise or require the Authority to refuse to issue certificates to such a person or to refuse to issue them unless the failure is remedied within a prescribed period.

(4) The Authority may publish information obtained by virtue of paragraph (3).

(5) No person is required by virtue of this Article to provide any information which the person could not be compelled to give in evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court.]

F1 Arts. 52-55F substituted (1.2.2009) for arts. 52-55 by Energy (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/35), art. 2 (with art. 4)