The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009

Excluded generating stations

17.—(1)  SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station located in England and Wales.

(2)  SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station mentioned in Article 54(1) of the Northern Ireland Energy Order where the electricity has been supplied to customers in Northern Ireland.

(3)  SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station located beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom unless–

(a) it is connected directly to a transmission or distribution system (or the part of such a system) located in Northern Ireland (and to no other system or part thereof); or

(b) it is an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964(1) or in a Renewable Energy Zone designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Areas) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005(2) as an area to which the Scottish Ministers are to have functions.

(4)  SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a large hydro generating station (wherever that station is located) if the station was first commissioned on or before 1st April 2002.

(5) In this article–

• “Northern Ireland” has the same meaning as in Article 54(1) of the Northern Ireland Energy Order;

• “England and Wales” includes–

  (a)

  so much of the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom as are adjacent to England and Wales;

  (b)

  a Renewable Energy Zone, or any part of such a Zone, designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004(3) as does not include the area designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005 as an area in relation to which the Scottish Ministers are to have functions.

(1)

1964 c. 29. This provision was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23), section 37 and Schedule 3, paragraph 1.

(2)

S.I. 2005/3153.

(3)

S.I. 2004/2668.