The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made: 27th May 2021

Coming into operation: 1st June 2021

In accordance with Article 66(2) of the 2003 Order, a draft of this instrument was laid before and approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 and comes into operation on 1 June 2021.

Modification of the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009

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• (1) The Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009[^f00001] is modified as follows.

• (2) Article 2(1) (interpretation) is to be read, for the 12-month period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into operation, as if for the definition of “CHPQA” there were substituted—

• “CHPQA” means the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Standard, Issue 8, March 2021 and Guidance Note 44 (Use of CHPQA in respect of the Renewables Obligations and Contracts for Difference), Issue 7, December 2018;

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for the Economy on 27 May 2021

Joe Reynolds — A senior officer of the — Department for the Economy

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order modifies, for the 12-month period beginning with the day on which it comes into operation, the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/154). The purpose of the modification is to update, temporarily, the definition of the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance Standard which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chpqa-standard or upon request from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.R. 2009/154 as amended by S.R.2014/146 and 2016/1108. There are other amendments which are not relevant.