Regulation 17 Amendment to regulation 11 (budget notices)

In regulation 11 after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A)

Where any budget referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (2) (that is to say, the overall budget, a minimum, a maximum or a pot) is expressed as an amount of capacity of electricity generation, the Secretary of State may specify in the budget notice that a “soft constraint” applies to that amount; and in such a case, the amount of capacity of electricity generation may be exceeded, but only in accordance with the provisions of the allocation framework that applies to that allocation round.”.