Regulation 8 Amendment to regulation 13 (ongoing participant obligations: sustainability audit reports)

In regulation 13—

(a)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

for “paragraph (5)” substitute “paragraphs (5) to (7)”;

(ii)

for “each anniversary of” substitute “the end of each scheme year from”;

(b)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

at the beginning, for “The” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the”;

(ii)

for the words from “the”, in the second place it occurs, to the end, substitute “that scheme year.”;

(c)

after paragraph (5), insert—

“(6)

If a participant has not submitted a report under this regulation, the Authority may require the participant to submit a report that must consider and report on each consignment of biomethane produced on or after the date on which that participant was first registered as a producer of that biomethane and before 1st April 2026.

(7)

The Authority may require a participant to submit a report under this regulation within three months after the tariff end date which must consider and report on each consignment of biomethane produced during the period starting on 1st April of the preceding scheme year and ending on the tariff end date.”.