{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendments to Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "text": "(1) Article 54 (information to be provided to the Authority where electricity is generated from biomass) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (4)—\n(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit “and”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (e)(v) for “softwood.” substitute “softwood; and”;\n(c) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—\n“(f) where the biomass was bioliquid used in a generating station on or after 1st January 2018, its energy content produced from each of the following categories of crop—\n(i) starch-rich crops;\n(ii) sugars;\n(iii) oil crops;\n(iv) any other crops grown as a main crop primarily for energy purposes on agricultural land.”.\n(3) In paragraph (10)—\n(a) at the end of the definition of “protected or threatened species” omit “and”;\n(b) in the definition of “saw log” for “sawmill.” substitute “sawmill; and”;\n(c) after the definition of “saw log” insert—\n““starch-rich crops” includes—\n(a) cereals (regardless of whether only the grains are used or the whole plant (such as in the case of green maize) is used);\n(b) tubers and root crops (such as potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, cassava and yams); and\n(c) corm crops (such as taro and cocoyam).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1234/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:05:00.782195+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."
}