{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009/schedule-A2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009/schedule-A2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/A2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exempt purposes",
  "text": "For the purposes of paragraphs 4(d) and 6(1)(d), biomaterial is added to a fuel for an exempt purpose if—\n(a) it is added to the fuel—\n(i) to act as a binding agent; or\n(ii) to reduce the emissions of dust, carbon dioxide, methane or nitrous oxide from the use of the fuel; and\n(b) it does not exceed 2% by weight of the fuel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A2 substituted (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), art. 1(1), sch. 2 (with art. 16)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/140/schedule/A2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:05.855062+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."
}