[F1Allocation of amounts to electricity suppliersN.I.
55A.—(1) The amounts received by the Authority by virtue of Article 55 must be paid by it to electricity suppliers in accordance with a system of allocation specified in a renewables obligation order.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to those amounts to the extent that they are used by the Authority under Article 55B.
(3) The system of allocation specified in the order may provide for payments to specified categories of electricity supplier only.
(4) That system may also provide for the postponement of a requirement to make payments to electricity suppliers of amounts received by the Authority under Article 55(1)(b) if, at the time the payments would otherwise fall to be made, the aggregate of the amounts so received (and not used under Article 55B or already paid under paragraph (1)) is less than an amount specified in the order.
(5) The references in this Article to electricity suppliers include references to Great Britain suppliers.]
F1Arts. 52-55F substituted (1.2.2009) for arts. 52-55 by Energy (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/35), art. 2 (with art. 4)