The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015

5.  In article 5 (accreditation of eligible installations)— E+W+S

(a) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) The Authority must, subject to paragraph (1B)—

(a) determine whether to accredit eligible installations of a particular description which meet the conditions in article 4(2) in the order in which applications for accreditation of such installations are received by the Authority; and

(b) determine whether to accredit eligible installations of a particular description which meet the conditions in article 4(3) in the order in which the installations’ MCS certificates were issued.

(1B) Paragraph (1A)(a) does not apply to eligible installations—

(a) that have been granted preliminary accreditation and in respect of which an application for accreditation is made within the period of validity of that preliminary accreditation; or

(b) to which article 8D (transitional installations) applies.”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “but must not do so if article 7 or 8 applies” substitute—

“but must not do so—

(a) if article 7 or 8 applies;

(b) during the pause period, if article 8A applies; or

(c) in a particular tariff period, if article 8B applies in relation to that tariff period and particular description of eligible installation”;

(c) in paragraphs (4)(b) and (5)(a), for “article 4(a)” substitute “article 4(2)”;

(d) in paragraphs (4)(c) and (5)(b), for “article 4(b)” substitute “article 4(3)”;

(e) in paragraph (6), at the end insert “, and, where the reason for the non-accreditation is that article 8B applies, give notice of the date of the start of the next tariff period within which the application will be considered by the Authority in accordance with this article.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 5 in force at 15.1.2016, see art. 1