{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-21ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-21ZA.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/21ZA",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21ZA",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which no NIROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomass",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies to biomass (other than animal excreta, bioliquid, landfill gas, sewage gas or waste).\n(2) No NIROCs are to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station from biomass to which this Article applies unless—\n(a) the generating station has a total installed capacity of less than one megawatt; or\n(b) the biomass meets the greenhouse gas emission criteria and the land criteria.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 21ZA inserted (1.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/84), arts. 1(1), 4 (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/154/article/21ZA",
    "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."
}