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The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

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Time frame for completion of qualifying actions

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65.—(1) This article applies for the purpose of determining whether a qualifying action in an ECO4 project is completed on time.

(2) A qualifying action in an ECO4 project is completed on time if—

(a)it is the only qualifying action in the ECO4 project; or

(b)where it is part of an ECO4 project which includes more than one qualifying action—

(i)it is the first qualifying action in the project to be completed;

(ii)it is completed on the same day as, or not more than three months after, the day on which the first qualifying action in the project is completed; or

(iii)following an application under paragraph (3) which has been accepted by the Administrator, it is completed within the period specified by the Administrator under paragraph (6)(a).

(3) A participant may apply to the Administrator in writing for an extension of time in which to complete a measure in an ECO4 project.

(4) An application under paragraph (3) must be made before the end of the five month period beginning with the day on which the first measure in the ECO4 project is completed.

(5) An application under paragraph (3) must include—

(a)details of why the participant is seeking an extension of time to complete the measure; and

(b)such other information relating to the measure or the ECO4 project as the Administrator may require.

(6) Following receipt of an application under paragraph (3), the Administrator must—

(a)accept the application and specify a period within which the measure must be completed, as it thinks fit, but ending not more than six months after the day on which the first qualifying action in the ECO4 project is completed; or

(b)reject the application.

(7) In relation to an ECO4 project which includes an ECO4 eligible measure which is the installation of a district heating connection—

(a)the reference to “three months” in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) is to be read as a reference to “six months”;

(b)the reference to “five month period” in paragraph (4) is to be read as a reference to “eight month period”; and

(c)the reference to “six months” in paragraph (6)(a) is to be read as a reference to “nine months”.

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