Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th September 2015.

Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

2. —(1) This Order amends the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012( 2 ) (“the 2012 Order”).

(2) A reference in this Order to a numbered article is to the article so numbered in the 2012 Order.

Article 9 (preliminary accreditation)

3. In article 9 (preliminary accreditation)—

(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—

“ (1) This article applies where a person (“the prospective FIT generator”)—

(a) proposes to construct or operate an eligible installation (other than an extension) which, when commissioned, will—

(i) use anaerobic digestion;

(ii) be a hydro generating station; or

(iii) be a wind or solar photovoltaic installation, and have a declared net capacity of more than 50 kilowatts; and

(b) makes an application in writing to the Authority for preliminary accreditation, which is received by the Authority on or before 30th September 2015. ” ; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for “upon an application in writing by the prospective FIT generator,”, substitute “upon receiving the application referred to in paragraph (1)(b),”.

Article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations)

4. In article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations), in paragraph (5), for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

“ (b) the tariff date of the installation is—

(i) for installations where the Authority received the application for pre-registration on or before 30th September 2015, the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration; or

(ii) for installations where the Authority received the application for pre-registration after 30th September 2015, the same date as its eligibility date. ” .