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[F14.—(1) This Chapter applies where an application has been made which meets the conditions in paragraph (2) or (3).
(2) The conditions in this paragraph are that—
(a)an application has been made to the Authority for accreditation of an eligible installation which—
(i)uses anaerobic digestion;
(ii)is a hydro generating station; or
(iii)uses any other eligible low-carbon energy source, and has a declared net capacity of more than 50 kilowatts; and
(b)at least one of the following applies—
(i)the installation was commissioned before the application was made;
(ii)the installation has been granted preliminary accreditation, and the application for accreditation was made within the period of validity of that preliminary accreditation; F2...
(iii)the application is within paragraph (1)(a) of article 8D (transitional installations) [F3; or]
[F4(iv)article 7B applies to the installation.]
(3) The conditions in this paragraph are that—
(a)an application[F5, other than an excluded transitional application,] has been made to a FIT licensee for FIT payments for an eligible installation which uses an MCS-FIT technology;
(b)the FIT licensee has submitted details of the installation to the Authority for accreditation under the process for MCS-certified registration; and
(c)not less than two weeks have passed since the date on which the installation’s MCS certificate was issued.]
[F6(4) In paragraph (3)(a), “an excluded transitional application” means an application which—
(a)is made to a FIT licensee on or after 1st April 2016; and
(b)would have been within article 8D(1)(b) if it had been made to a FIT licensee between 15th January and 31st March 2016.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 4 substituted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 24)
F2Word in art. 4(2)(b)(ii) omitted (1.2.2019) by virtue of The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 3(2)(a)
F3Word in art. 4(2)(b)(iii) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 3(2)(b)
F4Art. 4(2)(b)(iv) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 3(2)(c)
F5Words in art. 4(3)(a) inserted (31.3.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/319), arts. 1, 4(a)
F6Art. 4(4) inserted (31.3.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/319), arts. 1, 4(b)
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