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The Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.The Green Gas Support Scheme

  3. PART 2 Registration of participants and tariff guarantees

    1. 4.Application for tariff guarantee and budget allocation

    2. 5.Application for registration as a participant

    3. 6.Determination of application for registration and the central register

    4. 7.Treatment of grants from public funds

    5. 8.Additional capacity for biomethane production

    6. 8A.Registration of eligible heat pumps

  4. PART 3 Ongoing obligations on participants

    1. 9.Ongoing participant obligations: biomethane

    2. 10.Ongoing participant obligations: general

    3. 11.Ongoing participant obligations: the provision of information

    4. 12.Ongoing participant obligations: sustainability

    5. 13.Ongoing participant obligations: sustainability audit reports

  5. PART 4 Changes affecting participants

    1. 14.Review of registration following notification of a change in circumstances

    2. 15.Change of producer of biomethane

    3. 16.Withdrawal of participant

  6. PART 5 Periodic support payments

    1. 17.Interpretation of this Part

    2. 18.Periodic support payments

    3. 19.Publication of tariffs

    4. 20.Expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice

    5. 21.Calculation and payment of periodic support payments to participants

    6. 22.Calculation of initial tariffs and tariff review

    7. 23.Calculation of A

    8. 24.Calculation of B

    9. 25.Calculation of subsequent tariffs

    10. 26.Tariff tiers

    11. 27.Periodic support payments to participants

    12. 28.Reconciliation payments for biomethane

  7. PART 6 Compliance and enforcement: participants

    1. 29.Power to temporarily withhold periodic support payments to investigate alleged non-compliance

    2. 30.Power to withhold periodic support payments: further provisions

    3. 31.Power to reduce a participant’s periodic support payments

    4. 32.Revocation of registration

    5. 33.Power to correct the level of tariff being paid to a participant

    6. 34.Overpayment notices and offsetting

    7. 35.Revocation of sanctions

    8. 36.Power to inspect equipment used to produce biomethane

    9. 37.Application of this Part in relation to former participant

  8. PART 7 The levy

    1. CHAPTER 1 Introductory

      1. 38.Scheme suppliers, provisionally exempt suppliers, and exempt suppliers

      2. 39.Calculation and publication of the levy rate

    2. CHAPTER 2 Quarterly levy payments and levy credit payments

      1. 40.Calculation and notification of quarterly levy payments

      2. 41.Calculation of credit cover requirement

      3. 42.Levy credit payments

      4. 43.Letters of credit

      5. 43A.De minimis

    3. CHAPTER 3 Payments to scheme suppliers

      1. 44.Distribution of interest on levy credit payments

      2. 45.Repayment of levy credit payments

  9. PART 8 Additional obligations on scheme suppliers

    1. 46.Additional scheme supplier obligations: general

    2. 47.Additional scheme supplier obligations: the provision of information

    3. 48.Additional scheme supplier obligations: daily meter point data

  10. PART 9 Changes affecting scheme suppliers

    1. 49.Former provisionally exempt suppliers

    2. 50.Exempt suppliers

    3. 51.Former scheme suppliers

  11. PART 10 Compliance and enforcement: scheme suppliers

    1. 52.Anticipated default notices

    2. 53.Enforcement notices

    3. 54.Interest

    4. 55.Draw down of credit cover

    5. 56.Mutualisation

    6. 57.Penalty notices

    7. 58.Recovery of unpaid amounts as a civil debt

    8. 59.Default register

    9. 60.Appeals

    10. 61.Application of this Part in relation to former scheme supplier

  12. PART 11 Administrative functions of the Authority

    1. 62.Right of review

    2. 63.Publication of guidance and scheme schedule

    3. 64.Provision of information to the Authority etc

    4. 65.Reporting obligations

    5. 66.Additional information

    6. 67.Power to use and disclose information

    7. 68.Notices

  13. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Information required for registration

      1. 1.This Schedule specifies the information that may be required of...

      2. 2.The information is (as applicable to the applicant)—

      3. 3.Information specified in this Schedule must be provided in such...

      4. 4.The costs of providing the information specified in this Schedule...

    2. SCHEDULE 1A

      Information required for registration of an eligible heat pump

      1. 1.This schedule specifies the information that the Authority may require...

      2. 2.The information is (as applicable to the applicant or participant)—...

      3. 3.Information specified in this Schedule must be provided in such...

      4. 4.The costs of providing the information specified in this Schedule...

    3. SCHEDULE 2

      Approval of schemes for listing sustainable fuels

      1. 1.Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a scheme...

      2. 2.The requirements in this paragraph are that appropriate procedures have...

      3. 3.The requirements in this paragraph are— (a) that the feedstock...

      4. 4.The requirement in this paragraph is that the feedstock is,...

      5. 5.Where the Secretary of State approves a scheme under paragraph...

      6. 6.Where the Secretary of State is no longer satisfied that...

      7. 7.Where approval is revoked in accordance with paragraph 6, any...

      8. 8.In this Schedule— (a) “greenhouse gas criteria” has the meaning...

    4. SCHEDULE 3

      Land criteria

      1. PART 1 Interpretation

        1. 1.(1) In this Schedule— “continuously forested area” means land of...

      2. PART 2 Land criteria for solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood, excluding energy crops

        1. 2.Solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood...

        2. 3.(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2, solid biomass which...

        3. 4.Material added to solid biomass for an exempt purpose is...

        4. 5.For the purposes of paragraph 3— (a) “integrated pest management”...

      3. PART 3 Land criteria for other solid biomass including energy crops

        1. 6.Solid biomass which is not wood or derived wholly from...

        2. 7.Material added to solid biomass for an exempt purpose is...

        3. 8.Solid biomass is obtained from a protected source if it...

        4. 9.This paragraph applies if the production of the solid biomass...

        5. 10.This paragraph applies if the cultivation and harvesting of the...

  14. Explanatory Note

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