LegalizeRenewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2005
Made: 11th February 2005
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
Coming into operation: 1st April 2005
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Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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The renewables obligation
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NIROCs
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Revocation of NIROCs
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NIROCs: financial bids
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The amount of the renewables obligation
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Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: payments
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Alternative way of discharging renewables obligation: GBROCs
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Further provision in relation to production of NIROCs and GBROCs
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Eligible renewable sources
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Calculation of amount of electricity generated from eligible renewable sources
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Calculation of amount of electricity supplied to customers
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Provision of information to the Authority
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Allocation of payments made under Article 8
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Exchange of information with the Great Britain authority
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Late Payments
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Functions of the Authority
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SCHEDULE 1 — CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GBROCS
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SCHEDULE 2 — AMOUNT OF THE RENEWABLES OBLIGATION
| Obligation period | Percentage of total supplies |
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| 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2006 | 2.5 |
| 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007 | 2.6 |
| 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008 | 2.8 |
| 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009 | 3.0 |
| 1st April 2009 to 31st March 2010 | 3.5 |
| 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011 | 4.0 |
| 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012 | 5.0 |
| 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013 | 6.3 |
| Each subsequent period of twelve months ending with the period of twelve months ending on 31st March 2027 | 6.3 |
SCHEDULE 3 — THE REGISTER
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Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 11th February 2005.
Jenny Pyper — A senior officer of the — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6); Articles 52 to 55 were amended by S.R. 2004 No. 524 and Article 54A was inserted by S.R. 2004 No. 524; Article 54 was amended by section 120 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20)
[^f00002]: 1988 c. 1; section 839 was amended by the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), section 74 and Schedule 17, paragraph 20(b)
[^f00003]: 1989 c. 29
[^f00004]: S.R. 1994 No. 132
[^f00005]: S.R. 1996 No. 407
[^f00006]: S.I. 1997/278 (N.I. 19)
[^f00007]: 1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), section 37 and Schedule 3, paragraph 1.
[^f00008]: S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)
[^f00009]: The definition of “supply” in section 4(4) of the Electricity Act was substituted by section 28(1) and (3)(b) of the Utilities Act 2000, c. 27
[^f00010]: 1976 c. 76
Editorial notes
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