Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Feed-in Tariffs (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) (Amendment No.2) Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st August 2011.

Amendments

2. —(1)The Feed-in Tariffs (Specified Maximum Capacity and Functions) Order 2010( 2 ) (“the 2010 Order”) is amended by articles 3, 4 and 5.

(2) In the following provisions of this Order, a reference to an article is to that article of the 2010 Order.

Amendment of article 5A

3. —(1)Article 5A (accreditation of hydro generating stations with a capacity of 50 kilowatts or less)( 3 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2)(a), for “1st October 2011” substitute “31st March 2012”.

Amendment of article 10

4. —(1)Article 10 (tariff codes) is amended as follows.

(2) Re-number the existing provision as paragraph (1).

(3) After paragraph (1) insert—

“ (2) Paragraph (3) applies in relation to an accredited FIT installation (“the relevant installation”) if the FIT payment rate table specifies that two or more different FIT payment rates apply in different circumstances to accredited FIT installations of the same description, and with an eligibility date falling in the same FIT year, as the relevant installation.

(3) Where this paragraph applies, the Authority must assign to the relevant installation a tariff code which, in addition to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1), identifies which FIT payment rate applies to it. ” .

Amendment of article 13

5. —(1)Article 13 (calculating and publishing FIT payment rates) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit “the FIT payment rate table applicable for that FIT year”.

(3) At the end, insert “the FIT payment rate table which is to apply for that FIT year (subject to the Secretary of State substituting a new FIT payment rate table in Schedule A to Standard Licence Condition 33)”.