Part IV

Amendment of the Electricity Act 1989

Electricity from renewable sources

Green certificates.
64
After section 32A of the 1989 Act there is inserted—

Green certificates.
32B
1
An order under section 32 may provide for the Authority to issue from time to time, in accordance with such criteria (if any) as are specified in the order, a certificate to the operator of a generating station or to an electricity supplier.
2
A certificate is to certify—
a
that the generating station or, in the case of a certificate issued to an electricity supplier, a generating station specified in the certificate, has generated from renewable sources the amount of electricity stated in the certificate; and
b
that it has been supplied to customers in Great Britain (or the part of Great Britain stated in the certificate).
3
If an electricity supplier produces a certificate to the Authority, it is to count for the purposes of section 32(3) as sufficient evidence of the facts certified.
S. 64 wholly in force at 1.10.2001; s. 64 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(2); s. 64 in force at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)