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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-amendment-order-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-amendment-order-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which extends to Great Britain, amends the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/ 2782) (“the 2012 Order”).\nArticle 3 amends article 2(3) of the 2012 Order to include a definition of “stand-alone solar photovoltaic” which is consistent with the definition in the standard conditions of Electricity Supply Licences. A consequential amendment is made to Schedule 2, paragraph (5) to the 2012 Order by article 8.\nBy articles 4 and 5, articles 9 and 10 of the 2012 Order are amended such that the period of validity of a preliminary accreditation is extended where the installation included in an application is owned by a community organisation. Furthermore, an application will need to specify whether or not the installation will be stand-alone solar photovoltaic and whether or not the installation will be owned by a community organisation.\nBy article 6, the definition of “community organisation” in article 11(6) of the 2012 Order is amended to include registered charities and their wholly-owned subsidiaries.\nBy article 7, article 15(4) of the 2012 Order is amended to extend the circumstances in which a separate meter point administration number shall not be taken into account where at least one of the installations is owned by a community organisation.\nAn impact assessment has been prepared in respect of the changes to the Feed-in Tariffs scheme brought about by this Order and can be obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/35/note",
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  "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."
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