Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Capacity (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

The amendments made by paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17(3) and 19 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 do not apply in respect of a capacity agreement awarded as a result of a capacity auction held before these Regulations come into force.

The amendments made by Part 3 of Schedule 1 do not apply in respect of a capacity agreement awarded in a DSR transitional auction.

In this regulation—

• “capacity agreement” and “capacity auction” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Electricity Capacity Regulations 2014^f1; and

• “DSR transitional auction” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations as amended by paragraph 37 in Part 4 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.