The Feed-in Tariffs and Contracts for Difference (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Made: 16th October 2018

Laid before Parliament: 17th October 2018

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Feed-in Tariffs and Contracts for Difference (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on exit day.

Amendment of the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

2

In article 27(6) of the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012[^f00002], in paragraph (b) of the definition of “qualifying renewable electricity”, omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

Amendment of the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015

3

In regulation 3(3)(b) of the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015[^f00003], omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

Signed

Claire Perry — Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy — 16th October 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a) of that Act) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

These Regulations amend the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 and the Electricity Supplier Obligations (Amendment & Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2015, to reflect the fact that the United Kingdom will not be a member State of the EU following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU.

An explanatory memorandum is available with these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.

An impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on business or the public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2018 c. 16.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2012/2782, amended by S.I. 2015/2045; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2015/721, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.