The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2014

Made: 31st March 2014

Coming into force: 1st April 2014

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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

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Amendments to article 2 of the 2009 Order (interpretation)

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Amendment to article 3 of the 2009 Order (waste as a renewable source)

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Generating stations with excluded capacity

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Electricity in respect of which a CFD or investment contract applies and combustion units in relation to which a CFD or investment contract has been entered into

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RO input electricity, RO output electricity and ineligible renewable sources

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Amendments to article 24 of the 2009 Order (ROCs to be issued by Authority in respect of a generating station's renewable output)

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Substitution of article 25 (calculating a generating station's renewable output)

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Amendments to article 26 of the 2009 Order (renewable output of a qualifying combined heat and power generating station)

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Amendments to article 30B of the 2009 Order (wave and tidal stream generating stations)

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Amendment to article 41 of the 2009 Order (refusing to issue and revoking ROCs)

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Amendments to article 53 of the 2009 Order (provision of information to the Authority)

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Amendments to article 54 of the 2009 Order (information to be provided to the Authority where electricity is generated from biomass)

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Amendments to article 54A of the 2009 Order (bioliquid sustainability audit report)

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Solid and gaseous biomass sustainability audit report

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Amendments to article 57 (functions of the Authority)

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Preliminary accreditation and accreditation of generating stations

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Amendments to article 58ZA of the 2009 Order (registration as a grace period generating station)

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Amendments to article 58A of the 2009 Order (registration of offshore wind turbines)

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Registration of additional capacity

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Amendments to article 60 of the 2009 Order (modification of the Order in relation to microgenerators)

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Amendments to Schedule A2 to the 2009 Order (land criteria)

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Amendments to Schedule 3A to the 2009 Order (actual value method for calculating emissions from the use of biomass)

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Transitional provision

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Signed

Gregory Barker — Minister of State — 31st March 2014

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c.29, sections 32 to 32M were substituted by section 37 of the Energy Act 2008 (c.32) for sections 32 to 32C. Section 32M(1) was amended by article 2 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00002]: Section 32L(1) of the 1989 Act refers to “the Authority”, this is defined in section 111(1) as inserted by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 6 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27).

[^f00003]: Section 32L(1) of the 1989 Act refers to “the Council”, this is defined in section 111(1) as substituted by section 30(4)(b) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c.17).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2009/785 as amended by S.I. 2010/1107, S.I. 2011/984, S.I. 2011/988 and S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00005]: Article 2 was amended by article 3 of S.I. 2011/984, paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2011/988 and article 2 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00006]: 2013 c.32.

[^f00007]: The International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 is set out from page 87 of Part II of the publication entitled “Handbook of International Quality Control, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance, and Related Services Pronouncements” (2013 edition) (ISBN 978-1-60815-152-3) published by the International Federation of Accountants. Copies can be obtained from www.ifac.org.

[^f00008]: Copies can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW and are available at http://chpqa.decc.gov.uk/chpqa-documents.

[^f00009]: Article 17AB was inserted by article 8 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00010]: Article 24 was amended by article 6 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00011]: Article 25 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00012]: Article 26 was amended by article 8 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00013]: Article 30B was inserted by article 15 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00014]: Article 41 was amended by article 10 of S.I. 2010/1107.

[^f00015]: Article 54 was amended by article 13 of S.I. 2010/1107, article 12 of S.I. 2011/984 and article 20 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00016]: Copies can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW and are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications.

[^f00017]: Article 54A was inserted by article 13 of S.I. 2011/984 and amended by article 21 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00018]: Article 57 was amended by article 14 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00019]: Article 58 was amended by article 14 of S.I. 2010/1107.

[^f00020]: Section 36 of the Act was amended by section 93(1) and (3) of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20); paragraph 32 of Schedule 2 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29); and section 12(7)(a) and (8) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23). Functions of the Secretary of State under section 36(1), (5) and (7) have been transferred to the Marine Management Organisation by section 12(1) to (4) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 as regards certain offshore generating stations. There are other amendments which are not relevant.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1). Article 39 of that Order has been amended by S.R. 1994/180, regulation 9 of S.R. 2005/335 and regulation 3 of S.R. 2011/247. It has been modified by article 2 of S.R. 2008/54.

[^f00022]: 1990 c.8. Relevant amendments have been made by sections 13, 14, 31, 32, 84 of, and Schedules 6, 7 and 19 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34), by sections 40, 41, 42, 49, 118, and 120 of, and Schedules 6 and 9 to, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c.5), by regulation 35(1) of S.I. 1999/293, by sections 36, 188 and 238 of, and Schedules 2 and 13 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c.29), by sections 116, 121 and 122 of, and Schedules 9 and 12 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c.20) and by sections 1, 4, 5 and 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27). Certain functions of the Secretary of State under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers, by S.I. 1999/672.

[^f00023]: 2008 c. 29. Relevant amendments have been made by Chapter 6 of Part 6 of, Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, and Part 20 of Schedule 25 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and by sections 18(3) and 26 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c.27).

[^f00024]: Article 58ZA was inserted by article 22 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00025]: Article 58A was inserted by article 15 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00026]: Article 60 was amended by article 23 of S.I. 2013/768.

[^f00027]: Schedule A2 was inserted by article 16 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2000/3042. Amendments have been made by article 6(2)(b) of S.I. 2011/1043 and s.73(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37) and regulation 3 of S.I. 2001/3900.

[^f00029]: Schedule 3A was inserted by article 18 of S.I. 2011/984.

[^f00030]: OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p.16.

[^f00031]: OJ L 9, 13.1.2011, p.11.

Editorial notes

[^key-13dbfa84213058c47a7a8b94185eb2f8]: Order revoked (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1947), art. 95(1)(b)(v)

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