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Amendment to the Energy Act 2004

2.  After section 121 of the Energy Act 2004(1) insert—

GEMA’s power to act on behalf of Northern Ireland regulator in issuing guarantees of origin of renewables electricity

121A.(1) GEMA and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (“the Northern Ireland Authority”) shall be entitled—

(a)to enter into arrangements for GEMA to act on behalf of the Northern Ireland Authority for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the 2003 guarantees of origin functions; and

(b)to give effect to those arrangements.

(2) In this section “the 2003 guarantees of origin functions” means the functions conferred on the Northern Ireland Authority under or for the purposes of the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2)..