{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-closure-etc-amendment-order-2016/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-closure-etc-amendment-order-2016/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-closure-etc-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to article 2 of the Closure Order (interpretation)",
  "text": "(1) Article 2 of the Closure Order is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in the definitions of “additional capacity” and “developer” omit “large”;\n(b) at the appropriate places insert—\n““large solar pv closure date” means 31st March 2015”;\n““small solar pv closure date” means the later of—\n(a) 31st March 2016, and\n(b) the last day of the month in which this Order comes into force”;\n““small solar pv station” means a solar pv station where the total installed capacity of the RO capacity of the station is less than or equal to 5 megawatts”;\n““valid application for planning permission” has the following meaning—\n(a) in relation to an application made in England, an application for planning permission which is either—\n(i) a “valid application” within the meaning of article 34(4) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015; or\n(ii) a “non-validated application” within the meaning of article 34(5) of that Order;\n(b) in relation to an application made in Wales, an application for planning permission which is a “valid application” within the meaning of article 22(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012;\n(c) in relation to an application made in Scotland, an application for planning permission made in accordance with regulation 9 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013”;\n(c) in the definition of “planning permission” for “and 2C(2)” substitute “, 2C(2), 2F(3) and 2G(2)”;\n(d) after the definition of “pre-2016 additional capacity” insert—\n““pre-2017 additional capacity”, in relation to a small solar pv station, means any additional capacity which in the Authority’s view first formed part of the station from a date which is no later than 31st March 2017”; and\n(e) omit the definition of “solar pv closure date”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/595."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/801."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2013/155."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/457/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:24:44.839908+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."
}