{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "When electricity used in a permitted way for NIROCs certifying matters within Article 54(5) or (6) of the Energy Order",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 54(5) and (6) of the Energy Order (in particular, for the purposes of a NIROC certifying the matters within Article 54(5) or (6)) electricity generated by a generating station of any description is used in a permitted way if, subject to paragraph (2), it is used in any of the ways mentioned in Article 54(8) of that Order.\n(2) Electricity is not used in a permitted way if it is supplied to customers in Northern Ireland through a private wire network and—\n(a) the generating station from which the electricity is conveyed has a declared net capacity in excess of 10 megawatts, and\n(b) at some point before the electricity is supplied to customers through the private wire network it is conveyed through a transmission or distribution system operated under a licence granted under Article 10 of the Electricity Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 16 in operation at 1.4.2009, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/154/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:05.419651+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."
}