# The Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Interpretation (1) In these Regulations— “accreditation” means accreditation under any of the renewables obligation orders; “the Act” means the Energy Act 2013; “additional qualification requirements” means the requirements set out in Chapter 4 of Part 4 applicable to particular applications; “administrative strike price” means the strike price— (a) used by the delivery body to value an application under regulation 29; and (b) which is the maximum strike price which applies to a successful application; “allocation process” means the process included in an allocation framework by which the delivery body determines which qualifying applications are successful applications and the strike price applicable to successful applications; “allocation round notice” has the meaning given by regulation 4; “appeals deadline date” has the meaning given by regulation 43(2)(c) and which date is listed in the allocation framework for an allocation round further to regulation 31(1)(b); “applicable planning consents” has the meaning given by regulation 24(1); “applicant” has the meaning given by regulation 16(2); “application” means (except in paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1) a request by an applicant to the delivery body to take part in an allocation process in respect of a CFD unit; “application closing date” in relation to an allocation round has the meaning given by regulation 4(2)(b)(iii); “applications valuations” has the meaning given by regulation 29(1) and (2); “audit report” has the meaning given by regulation 36(2)(b); “budget notice” means a notice required by regulation 11; “budget revision notice” means a notice referred to in regulation 12(2)(b); “CFD unit” means the whole or part of an eligible generating station; “connection agreement” has the meaning given by regulation 25(6); “delivery body” means— (a) the national system operator; or (b) if the national system operator’s functions under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act have been transferred to an alternative delivery body, that body; “delivery year” means any of— (a) the period from the date on which these Regulations come into force and ending on 31st March 2015; and (b) the 12 month periods commencing on 1st April 2015 and each anniversary of that date and ending with the 12 month period ending on 31st March 2020; “distribution system” has the meaning given by section 4(4) of the Electricity Act 1989; “excluded application” has the meaning given by regulation 14(1); “final strike price” means the strike price which applies to a successful application after the allocation process applicable to that application has been completed; “framework notice” has the meaning given by regulation 7(1); “framework revision notice” has the meaning given by regulation 8(4); “general qualification requirements” means the requirements set out in Chapter 3 of Part 4; “halt direction” has the meaning given by regulation 38(1)(a)(ii); “maxima” has the meaning given by regulation 11(2)(b); “minima” has the meaning given by regulation 11(2)(a); “non-fossil fuel orders” means— (a) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(England and Wales) Order 1994; (b) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(Scotland) Order 1994; (c) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(England and Wales) Order 1997; (d) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(Scotland) Order 1997; (e) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(England and Wales) Order 1998; (f) the Electricity (Non-Fossil Fuel Sources)(Scotland) Order 1999; “non-qualification determination” has the meaning given by regulation 19(2)(b); “non-qualification review” has the meaning given by regulation 20(1); “non-qualification review request date” has the meaning given by regulation 20(2)(a); “offshore waters” means waters— (a) in or adjacent to England, Wales or Scotland which are between the mean low water mark and the seaward limits of the territorial sea; or (b) within the area of the sea designated under section 41(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; “offshore wind CFD unit” means a CFD unit which generates electricity by the use of wind and which is situated (or is to be situated) wholly in offshore waters; “overall budget” means an amount set out in a budget notice, which is the total— (a) sum of money potentially payable by the CFD counterparty under CFDs to eligible generators in a delivery year; (b) capacity of electricity which may be generated by generating stations subject to a CFD in a delivery year; or (c) a combination of (a) and (b); “pending applicant” and “pending application” have the meanings given to those terms by regulation 49(2); “pending bid” has the meaning given by regulation 50(2)(b); “phased offshore wind CFD unit” means an offshore wind CFD unit— (a) which is to be established or altered by two or three phases of construction; (b) where each phase of construction is to provide new generating capacity; and (c) in the case of a CFD unit which is to be established, where each phase of construction is to provide a generating capacity of more than 5 megawatts; “post-appeals indicative start date” has the meaning given by regulation 31(2); “pot” has the meaning given by regulation 11(2)(c); “proceed direction” has the meaning given by regulation 38(1)(b)(i); “proceed notice” has the meaning given by regulation 37(1)(b)(i); “qualification appeal” has the meaning given by regulation 43(1); “qualifying applicant” has the meaning given by regulation 17(2) and includes a person determined by the appeals body as a qualifying applicant; “qualifying application” has the meaning given by regulation 17(2); “registration” means, other than in Schedule 1, registration on the central FIT register as an accredited FIT installation within the meaning of Part 3 of the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012; “relevant CFD unit” means the CFD unit which is the subject of an application; “relevant works” has the meaning given by regulation 23(2) and (4); “renewables obligation orders” means— (a) the Renewables Obligation Order 2009; or (b) the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009; “re-run notice” has the meaning given by regulation 37(1)(b)(ii); “review notice” has the meaning given by regulation 20(1); “round variation notice” has the meaning given by regulation 5(1)(a); “strike price” means (except in Part 10) a price (“SP”) for one megawatt hour of electricity generated by a CFD unit; “successful application” means an application in respect of which, further to an allocation process, a CFD notification may be made or, in the case of an application in respect of a phased offshore wind CFD unit, more than one CFD notification may be made; “termination notice” has the meaning given by regulation 5(1)(b); “transmission system” has the meaning given by section 4(4) of the Electricity Act 1989; “variation notice” has the meaning given by regulation 34(2); “working day” means 9 am to 5 pm on Mondays to Fridays excluding— (a) bank holidays within the meaning of section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, including— (i) except in respect of Part 10, those bank holidays in part only of Great Britain; (ii) in respect of Part 10, those bank holidays in part only of the United Kingdom; (b) Good Friday; and (c) when it falls on a day that would otherwise be a working day, Christmas Day. (2) The following have the same meanings as they have in the Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014— “biomass conversion station”; “complete CCS system”; “eligible generating station”; “eligible generator”; “generating station”; “hydro generating station”; “landfill gas”; “photovoltaic array”; “relevant fossil fuel generating station”; “sewage gas”. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117316/regulation/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-contracts-for-difference-allocation-regulations-2014/regulation-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.