Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 1053
Electricity
The Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made
1st November 2016
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State has before making these Regulations—
(a) consulted the persons listed in section 24(1)(a) to (g) of the Energy Act 2013( 1 ), and such other persons as the Secretary of State considered it appropriate to consult; and
(b) had regard to the matters in section 5(2) of that Act.
In accordance with section 6(8) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(1) and (6), 12 (3)(a), 13(1), (2)(b) and (e) and (3)(a), and 16(b) of the Energy Act 2013, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on the day after the date on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014
2. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014( 2 ), in paragraph (b) of the definition of “delivery year”, for “31st March 2020” substitute “31st March 2026”.
Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1st November 2016
S.I. 2014/2011 , amended by S.I. 2015/981 and S.I. 2016/784 .