Criteria applicable to SROCs where article 36(1)(a) or (b) cannot be complied with
37.—(1) Where a SROC certifying the matters within section 32B(3) or (5) of the Act is to be issued and article 36(1)(a) cannot be complied with because the electricity in respect of which the SROC is to be issued cannot be shown to have been supplied to customers in Great Britain, the person to whom the SROC is to be issued must confirm to the Authority in writing–
(a)that the electricity in question is to be regarded as having been supplied to customers in Great Britain by virtue of article 15(2) or (3); and
(b)where it is located otherwise than on land, that the generating station to which the SROC relates is connected directly to a transmission or distribution system (or the part of such a system) that is located in Northern Ireland (and to no other system or part thereof).
(2) Where a SROC certifying the matters within section 32B(4) or (6) of the Act is to be issued and article 36(1)(b) cannot be complied with because the electricity in respect of which the SROC is to be issued cannot be shown to have been supplied to customers in Northern Ireland, the person to whom the SROC is to be issued must confirm to the Authority in writing that the electricity in question is to be regarded as having been supplied to customers in Northern Ireland by virtue of article 15(4).
(3) In this article “Northern Ireland” has the same meaning as in Article 54(1) of the Northern Ireland Energy Order.