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15.—(1) This article applies where the Authority receives notice from a FIT licensee that an accredited FIT installation has been extended.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—
(a)the accredited FIT installation is extended by increasing its capacity to generate electricity using the same eligible low-carbon energy source for which it is accredited; and
(b)the extension was commissioned on or before the first anniversary of the confirmation date of the existing accredited FIT installation.
(3) Where this paragraph applies—
(a)the Authority must—
(i)subject to sub-paragraph (b), treat the extension as if it were part of the original eligible installation for the purposes of accreditation;
(ii)decide whether or not to accredit the extended installation in accordance with Part 3; and
(b)where the Authority decides not to accredit the extended installation, the Authority must treat the notice as a notice to which article 21 applies.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies where—
(a)the accredited FIT installation is extended by increasing its capacity to generate electricity using the same eligible low-carbon energy source for which it is accredited; and
(b)the extension was commissioned after the first anniversary of the date on which the accredited FIT installation was commissioned.
(5) Where this paragraph applies, the Authority must—
(a)treat the extension as a separate eligible installation;
(b)decide whether or not to accredit the extension in accordance with Part 3; and
(c)where it decides to accredit the extension, assign the extension a separate tariff code based on the aggregate total installed capacity of both the extension and the existing accredited FIT installation.
(6) Paragraph (7) applies where the accredited FIT installation was extended by increasing its capacity to generate electricity using a different eligible low-carbon energy source to that for which it is accredited.
(7) Where this paragraph applies, the Authority must—
(a)treat the extension as a separate eligible installation; and
(b)decide whether or not to accredit the extension in accordance with Part 3.
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