# The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012, Article 2: Interpretation Extent: E+W+S (1) In this Order— “the Act” means the Energy Act 2008; “the 1989 Act” means the Electricity Act 1989 ; “accreditation” means approval by the Authority of an eligible installation as an accredited FIT installation under Part 3, unless the context otherwise requires; “accredited FIT installation” means an eligible installation which has been given accreditation; “anaerobic digestion” means the bacterial fermentation of organic material in the absence of free oxygen (excluding anaerobic digestion of sewage and material in a landfill); “the Authority” means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; “central FIT register” means the register kept and maintained by the Authority in accordance with article 21; “commissioning date”, in relation to an installation, means the date on which the installation is commissioned; “community energy installation” has the meaning given in article 11; “community organisation” has the meaning given in article 11; “deemed export payment” means the payment made to a FIT generator or nominated recipient by a FIT licensee in respect of a deemed export of electricity; “distribution system” has the same meaning as in section 4(4) of the 1989 Act ; “electricity supply licence” means a licence granted by the Authority under section 6(1)(d) of the 1989 Act; “energy performance certificate” has the same meaning as in— (a) the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012; in relation to a building in England or Wales; and (b)the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 , in relation to a building in Scotland; “extension” means an increase in the capacity of an installation to generate electricity; “FIT” means feed-in tariff; “grant from public funds” means a grant made by a public authority or by any person distributing funds on behalf of a public authority; “grid connection” means a connection between a generating installation and a transmission system or distribution system for the purpose of enabling electricity to be conveyed from the installation to that system; “hydro generating station” means a generating installation driven by water, except for such an installation— (a)driven by waves, ocean currents or geothermal sources; (b)driven by tidal flows, unless also driven partly by non-tidal flows from a water course; or (c)where the hydrostatic head of the water has been increased by pumping; “levelisation fund” means the fund maintained under article 25; “licensee” means a person who is a holder of a licence under section 6(1)(d) of the 1989 Act; “MCS”, except in Schedule A1, means the Microgeneration Certification Scheme or equivalent schemes accredited in accordance with EN 45011(2) or EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012(3) which certify microgeneration products and installers in accordance with consistent standards; “MCS certificate” means a certificate given under the MCS; “MCS-certified installation” has the meaning set out in Schedule A1 to this Order; “mutualisation distribution”, “mutualisation notice” and “mutualisation payment” have the meaning given by article 30A(3); “pause period” has the meaning given in article 8A; “ROO” means the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 in relation to an installation in England and Wales, and the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009 in relation to an installation in Scotland; “school installation” has the meaning given in article 12; “Standard Licence Condition 33” and “Standard Licence Condition 34” mean the conditions so numbered in the standard conditions of electricity supply licences ; “tariff code” has the meaning given in article 13; ... “transmission system” has the same meaning as in section 4(4) of the 1989 Act . “working day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. (2) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings given to them in Schedule A to Standard Licence Condition 33— “commissioned”; “confirmation date”; “declared net capacity”; “deemed export”; “eligibility date”; “eligible installation”; “eligible low-carbon energy source”; “energy efficiency requirement”; “export”; “export meter”; “export payment”; “export tariff”; “FIT generator”; “FIT licensee”; “FIT notification”; “FIT payments”; “FIT scheme”; “FIT year”; “generation meter”; “generation meter reading”; “generation payment”; “generation tariff”; “insolvency event” “mandatory FIT licensee” ... “MCS-certified registration”; “MCS-FIT technology”; “nominated recipient”; “qualifies for accreditation;” “statement of FIT terms”; “tariff date”; “tariff period”; “total installed capacity”. “voluntary FIT licensee” (3) In this Order— “last resort supply direction” has the meaning given to it in the standard conditions of electricity supply licences; and “stand-alone solar photovoltaic” has the meaning given to it in Annex 3 to Schedule A to Standard Licence Condition 33 of the standard conditions of electricity supply licences. (4) In this Order, a reference to a particular description of eligible installations is a reference to eligible installations of one of the descriptions in the first column of the table in Schedule 1A. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2782/article/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-order-2012/article-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.