Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Order 2020 and comes into force on 30th September 2020.

Amendment to the Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012

2.The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012( 2 ) is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 6.

Amendment to article 7A (accreditation on or after 1st April 2019)

3. —(1) Article 7A is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2)(b)(ii)(bb), for “on or before 30th September 2020” substitute “within the period of 24 months beginning with the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration,”.

Amendment to article 8B (the application limit)

4. —(1) Article 8B is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (4)(b)(iii)(bb), for “on or before 30th September 2020” substitute “within the period of 24 months beginning with the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration,”.

Amendment to article 9 (preliminary accreditation)

5. —(1) Article 9 is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (8ZA), substitute—

“ (8ZA) Where under paragraph (8)(b) or (c) preliminary accreditation would otherwise cease to be valid on or after 1st March 2020, preliminary accreditation shall be valid—

(a) for wind and anaerobic digestion installations, for 24 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority; and

(b) for hydro generating stations, for 36 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority. ” .

(3) For paragraph (8AA), substitute—

“ (8AA) Where under paragraph (8A) preliminary accreditation would otherwise cease to be valid on or after 1st March 2020, preliminary accreditation shall be valid—

(a) for solar photovoltaic installations, for 24 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority;

(b) for wind and anaerobic digestion installations, for 30 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority; and

(c) for hydro generating stations, for 42 months beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was treated as received by the Authority. ” .

Amendment to article 11 (pre-registration of community energy installations)

6. —(1) Article 11 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (4)(b), for “until 30th September 2020” substitute “for 24 months beginning with the date on which the Authority received the application for pre-registration”.