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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012/article-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525456",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electricity-and-gas-energy-company-obligation-order-2012",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Notifications of qualifying actions and adjoining installations",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (7), a supplier must by—\n(a) the end of each calendar month in the overall obligation period; and\n(b) 30th April 2015,\nnotify the Administrator in writing of each qualifying action and adjoining installation completed in the calendar month immediately prior to the calendar month in which the notification is required to be made in accordance with this paragraph and include, as appropriate, the carbon or cost saving for each qualifying action or adjoining installation.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a qualifying action which the Administrator has notified to a supplier under article 14(3).\n(3) A notification of an adjoining installation must include an identification of the areas A and B as defined in article 14(1).\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a supplier must ensure that the carbon or cost saving for a qualifying action or adjoining installation notified under paragraph (1) is calculated—\n(a) except for the repair or replacement of a qualifying boiler, in accordance with—\n(i) the Standard Assessment Procedure;\n(ii) the Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure; or\n(iii) an appropriate methodology for calculating the savings approved by the Administrator under article 18; or\n(b) in the case of the repair or replacement of a qualifying boiler, in accordance with article 17.\n(5) Where a qualifying action or adjoining installation is a glazing measure, a supplier must only calculate the carbon or cost saving which exceeds the saving which that measure would achieve if installed to the minimum standard required by, as applicable, Approved Document L1B (conservation of fuel and power in existing buildings) and the ISBN of which is 9781859463253 or the Domestic Technical Handbook (Section 6 - Energy).\n(6) A notification under paragraph (1) must identify which obligation the qualifying action is intended to be credited against.\n(7) Except where article 12(6) and article 14(3) applies, a qualifying action is completed when its installation is complete.\n(8) A supplier may apply to the Administrator for a completed qualifying action or completed adjoining installation to be notified after the date required by paragraph (1).\n(9) An application under paragraph (8) must provide details of why a supplier is seeking an extension of time to notify the completed qualifying action or adjoining installation.\n(10) The Administrator may extend the period for notifying a qualifying action or adjoining installation which has been completed for such period as it thinks fit provided that—\n(a) the extension period sought is no longer than one month after the date notification is required under paragraph (1); and\n(b) the reason for the application is one other than an administrative oversight on the part of the supplier.\n(11) A notification under this article must include such information relating to a qualifying action as the Administrator may from time to require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This document is produced by the Scottish Executive and came in to force on 1st May 2011. The document supports the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/406). Standard 6.2 is relevant. A copy of the document can be obtained at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/publications/pubtech/thb2011domenergy."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525456/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:35.077411+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}