Recognition of CHPGOsI110

1

A public authority shall recognise a CHPGO issued by F2the competent authority as proof of the matters referred to in F3Schedule 2 .

2

For the purposes of the regulation a public authority means any Northern Ireland Minister, government department, public body of any description or any person holding public office.

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Subject to paragraph (4), a public authority must recognise, as proof of the matters referred to in Schedule 2, a CHPGO which has been issued—

a

in a member State in accordance with article 14(10) of the Energy Efficiency Directive; or

b

in Great Britain in accordance with the Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations 2007 .

4

A public authority is not required to recognise, to the extent referred to in paragraph (3), a CHPGO issued outside Northern Ireland if—

a

it has been requested to refuse or withdraw such recognition by the authority which issued or supervised the issue of the CHPGO; or

b

on the basis of objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria, it is satisfied that the CHPGO should not have been issued or that refusal of recognition is necessary for the prevention of fraud.

5

Where a public authority has refused to recognise a CHPGO issued in F5a Member State, it shall recognise that CHPGO where the Commission of the European Communities F6required before IP completion day such recognition under F1Article 14(10) of the Energy Efficiency Directive .

6

Nothing in this regulation shall require a public authority to satisfy itself that a CHPGO issued in F7a Member State or Great Britain has been properly issued.