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Refusing to issue and revoking SROCs: supplemental

11.  After article 41 insert—

Where SROCs cannot be revoked

41A.(1) A SROC cannot be revoked where it has been produced to the Authority under article 5 (the renewables obligation).

(2) A SROC cannot be revoked by the Authority under article 41(2) or (4) more than six years after it has been issued.

(3) Where the Authority would have revoked a SROC (“the original SROC”) under article 41(2) or (4) but for the fact that it has already been produced to it under article 5, the Authority must, subject to paragraph (4), refuse to issue a further SROC (“the further SROC”) in respect of electricity generated by the generating station in relation to which the original SROC was issued.

(4) The Authority shall refuse to issue the further SROC under paragraph (3) only if the original SROC was—

(a)issued no more than six years previously; and

(b)not issued to an electricity supplier under article 34(2) to (4)..