# The Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, Article 55: Payment as alternative to complying with order under Article 52


(1) An order under Article 52 may provide that instead of producing evidence under Article 52(2), a designated electricity supplier may discharge (in whole or in part) his renewables obligation (or his obligation in relation to a particular period) by making a payment to the Authority.
(2) The order may make provision—
(a) as to the sum which for the purposes of paragraph (1) is to correspond to the supply of a given amount of electricity;
(b) for different such sums in relation to different periods;
(c) for different such sums in relation to electricity generated in different ways specified in the order (such as those referred to in Article 53(1)(b) and (c)); and
(d) for any such sum to be adjusted from time to time for inflation by a method specified in the order (which may refer to a specified scale or index or to other specified data of any description, including such a scale or index or such data in a form not current when the order was made, but in a subsequent form attributable to revision or any other cause and taking effect afterwards).
(3) The Authority shall pay the amounts received to electricity suppliers in accordance with a system of allocation specified in the order.
(4) The system of allocation specified in the order may provide for payments to specified categories of electricity supplier only.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443470/article/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-energy-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-55
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