{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-export-guarantee-order-2019/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-export-guarantee-order-2019/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1005",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Export Guarantee Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-export-guarantee-order-2019",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Functions of the Authority in relation to AD installations",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where the Authority receives confirmation from a SEG generator who intends to seek SEG payments in respect of an AD installation that the SEG generator intends to comply with the provisions of the Schedule.\n(2) The Authority must—\n(a) verify whether the SEG generator meets the criteria set out in the Schedule; and\n(b) notify the SEG generator of whether those criteria were met or not.\n(3) The Authority must verify that the SEG generator has continued to meet the criteria in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) on a quarterly basis in relation to the sustainability criteria, and on an annual basis in relation to the feedstock criteria, and notify the SEG generator of the result of that verification as soon as practicable after its conclusion.\n(4) Where the Authority cannot be satisfied on the basis of information provided by the SEG generator, including an audit report provided under paragraph 5 of the Schedule, that the SEG generator has met the criteria set out in that Schedule, the Authority must inform the SEG generator that it is not able to verify that the criteria have been met.\n(5) Where paragraph (4) applies, the SEG generator may, on the Authority’s request or otherwise, provide further information, including a further audit report complying with paragraph 5 of the Schedule, to the Authority, and, on receipt of such further information, the Authority must consider whether it is able to ascertain whether the criteria set out in the Schedule are met or not.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1005/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:52.237128+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."
}