{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-25C/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-25C/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1154",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/25C/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “in-scope generator”",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule “in-scope generator” means a generator other than an excepted generator.\n(2) A “generator” is—\n(a) a specified installation,\n(b) a medium combustion plant which is used for the purpose of generating electricity, or\n(c) a specified generator.\n(3) A generator is an “excepted generator” if it falls within one or more of the following paragraphs—\n(a) it operates with a defined nuclear safety role under a nuclear site licence (within the meaning of section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965) issued by the Office for Nuclear Regulation;\n(b) it is a back-up generator;\n(c) it is installed on an offshore platform (within the meaning of paragraph 2(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 25A) situated on, above or below the sea adjacent to England;\n(d) it is installed on a gas storage or unloading platform (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013) situated in the sea adjacent to England;\n(e) it has anchor plant capability, as defined in the Grid Code, issue 6, revision 27 published on 1st October 2024 by the National Energy System Operator;\n(f) it uses gas generated from landfill waste as its sole source of fuel;\n(g) it is a mobile generator other than one referred to in paragraphs 2(1)(a) or 2(1)(b) in Schedule 25B;\n(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a) a generator is a “back-up generator” if it is operated for the sole purpose of maintaining power supply to a site during an on-site emergency (and use for test purposes for no more than 50 hours in any single calendar year is to be regarded as falling within that purpose);\n(b) “specified installation” means an installation carrying on any of the following activities for the purposes of generating electricity—\n(i) an activity described in Part A(1) of Section 1.1 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, or\n(ii) an activity described in Part A(1) of Section 5.1 of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 25C inserted (E.) (28.2.2026) by The Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/154), reg. 1(2), Sch. (with reg. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/25C/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:31.926820+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."
}