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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/116/article/3/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Government Printer for Northern Ireland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2019-09-16</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ELECTRICITY</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order amends the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the 2009 Order”) and makes transitional provision.</dc:description>
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<Text>For Article 4(1) of the 2009 Order substitute—</Text>
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<P2para><Text>In this Order, “biomass” means fuel which—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>falls within paragraph (1A),</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>falls within paragraph (1B), or</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>is a fossil derived bioliquid.</Text>
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<Pnumber>1A</Pnumber>
<P2para><Text>Fuel falls within this paragraph if—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>at least 90% of its energy content is derived from relevant material (that is to say, material which is, or is derived directly or indirectly from, plant matter, animal matter, fungi or algae), and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>any fossil fuel forming part of the fuel is present following a process—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para><Text>to which the relevant material has been subject, and</Text></P4para>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para><Text>the undertaking of which has caused the fossil fuel to be present in, on or with that material even though that was not the object of the process.</Text></P4para>
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<Pnumber>1B</Pnumber>
<P2para><Text>Fuel falls within this paragraph if—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>at least 90% of its energy content is derived from relevant material (that is to say, material which is, or is derived directly or indirectly from, plant matter, animal matter, fungi or algae),</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>it is waste, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para><Text>any fossil fuel forming part of it was not added to it with a view to the fossil fuel being used as a fuel.</Text>
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