{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-order-2012/article-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-order-2012/article-7A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2782",
  "legislation_title": "The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feed-in-tariffs-order-2012",
  "path": "article/7A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Accreditation on or after 1st April 2019",
  "text": "(1) The Authority must not accredit an eligible installation in respect of which the application date is on or after 1st April 2019 as an accredited FIT installation.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—\n(a) an eligible installation in respect of which—\n(i) preliminary accreditation is granted in accordance with article 9(2); and\n(ii) the application date is within the relevant period of validity;\n(b) an eligible installation which is pre-registered in accordance with article 11(2)(a) or article 12(2)(a), and in respect of which—\n(i) the application for pre-registration is received by the Authority on or before 31st March 2019; and\n(ii) either—\n(aa) the application date is within the period of 1 year beginning with the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration; or\n(bb) where the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration was within the period beginning on 1st March 2019 and ending on 31st March 2019, the application date is within the period of 24 months beginning with the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration;\n(c) an eligible installation which uses an MCS-FIT technology and which is not pre-registered in accordance with article 11(2)(a) or article 12(2)(a), and in respect of which—\n(i) an MCS certificate is issued on or before 31st March 2019; and\n(ii) the application date is on or before 31st March 2020; or\n(d) an eligible installation to which article 7B applies.\n(3) In this article—\n“application date” has the meaning given in article 8A(5);\n“relevant period of validity” means the period of validity of an eligible installation’s preliminary accreditation, as set out in article 9(8) or (8A).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 7A, 7B inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 7A(2)(b)(ii) substituted (31.3.2020) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/375), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 7A(2)(b)(ii)(bb) substituted (30.9.2020) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/957), arts. 1, 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2782/article/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:14:24.300613+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."
}