Article 2 Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

After article 17 of the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012^f1, insert—

“Withdrawal of preliminary accreditation for certain hydro generating stations

17A.

(1)

The Authority must withdraw any preliminary accreditation granted under article 9 in respect of a relevant hydro generating station if—

(a)

it is requested to do so by notice from the prospective FIT generator in respect of that relevant hydro generating station; and

(b)

it is satisfied that the application for preliminary accreditation in respect of the relevant hydro generating station was received by the Authority during the period beginning with 1st December 2012 and ending with 31st December 2012.

(2)

Where the Authority withdraws a preliminary accreditation in accordance with paragraph (1) it must give notice to the prospective FIT generator specifying the date on which the withdrawal has effect.

(3)

In this article—

• “prospective FIT generator” has the same meaning as in article 9; and

• “relevant hydro generating station” means a hydro generating station with a total installed capacity greater than 100kW but not exceeding 500kW.”