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51.—(1) ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a microgenerator if that microgenerator—
(a)is a hydro generating station, or
(b)generates electricity from—
(i)gas formed by the anaerobic digestion of material which is neither sewage nor material in a landfill,
(ii)the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity, or
(iii)wind.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), ROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station—
(a)if support has been given under a feed-in tariff scheme for the generation of electricity by the station, or
(b)if, before the application for accreditation of the station was determined, the Authority was notified in writing by a relevant person that support for electricity generated by the station should be given in the form of financial incentives under a feed-in tariff scheme.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not prevent the issue of ROCs in respect of electricity generated by a generating station if financial incentives are not available under a feed-in tariff scheme for that electricity by virtue of the size of the station's total installed capacity.
(4) In this article—
“relevant person”, in relation to a generating station, means—
the operator of the station, or
a person who is entitled to receive financial incentives under a feed-in tariff scheme in respect of that station.