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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-amendment-order-2015/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/384",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-amendment-order-2015",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In article 2(1)—\n(a) after the definition of “anaerobic digestion” insert—\n““animal excreta” means excreta produced by animals and includes biomass wholly derived from excreta produced by animals;”;\n(b) in the definition of “connected person”, for “section 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988” substitute “ section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 ”;\n(c) after the definition of “declared net capacity” insert—\n““demonstration lease” means a lease granted by the Crown Estate, one of whose purposes is testing, demonstrating and approving the viability of a wind turbine;”;\n(d) for the definition of “greenhouse gas emission criteria” substitute—\n““greenhouse gas emission criteria” means—\n(a)in the case of bioliquid, the criteria set out in Schedule A1 (greenhouse gas emission criteria for bioliquid); and\n(b)in all other cases, the criteria set out in Part 1 of Schedule A1A (greenhouse gas emission criteria for solid and gaseous biomass);”;\n(e) in the definition of “relevant material”, for “4(1)(a)” substitute “ 4(1A)(a) ”;\n(f) after the definition of “relevant material” insert—\n““relevant target” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule A1A (greenhouse gas emission criteria for solid and gaseous biomass);”;\n(g) in the definition of “Renewables Directive”, for “Schedule A1” substitute “ Schedules A1 and A2 ”; and\n(h) for the definition of “waste” substitute—\n““waste” has the meaning given in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste but—\n(a)also includes anything derived from waste; and\n(b)does not include landfill gas or sewage gas.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2010 c.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/384/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:00.204071+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."
}