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Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
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- 2003 No. 470
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Request for issue of guarantees of origin and information required
4.—(1) The issue of guarantees of origin may be requested –
(a)in respect of electricity which has been purchased under a qualifying arrangement by the Company, only by the Company, unless it has notified the Authority that it does not intend to request such issue in respect of that electricity, in which case only the producer of the electricity may request such issue; and
(b)in respect of any other electricity, only by the producer of that electricity.
(2) No request for the issue of guarantees of origin may be made under paragraph (1) in respect of electricity produced outside Northern Ireland.
(3) No request for the issue of guarantees of origin may be made under paragraph (1) in respect of a period of less than one month.
(4) A request under paragraph (1) shall be made to the Authority, and shall not be considered duly made until the Authority has been provided with all the information and evidence specified in Schedule 1.
(5) A request under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a statement signed by the person making the request (or, if the person making the request is a body corporate, by a representative of that body) that –
(a)the person making the request is entitled under these Regulations to the issue of guarantees of origin in respect of the electricity which is the subject of the request; and
(b)that the person making the request has not made, and does not intend to make, a request in another Member State or Great Britain for the issue of guarantees of origin in respect of the same electricity.
(6) A request may only be made under paragraph (1) in respect of electricity produced on or after 27th October 2003.
(7) A request for the issue of guarantees of origin received by the Authority before the coming into operation of these Regulations shall, provided that the request meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (6), be treated by the Authority as if it were a request made under paragraph (1).
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