Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with ss. 80, 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 3-22 (as amended (18.3.2021) by The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 11(2)(b)(3)(a)))
(1)The Commissioners may, for the purpose of complying with their general duty under section 1(2A)—
(a)promote, develop, construct and operate installations for or in connection with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity produced from renewable sources, and
(b)use electricity produced by virtue of the powers conferred by paragraph (a).
(2)In subsection (1), “renewable sources” means sources other than—
(a)fossil fuel,
(b)energy derived from fossil fuel, and
(c)nuclear fuel.
(3)In subsection (2), “fossil fuel” means—
(a)coal,
(b)lignite,
(c)peat,
(d)natural gas (within the meaning of the Energy Act 1976),
(e)crude liquid petroleum,
(f)petroleum products (within the meaning of that Act),
(g)any substance produced directly or indirectly from a substance mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).
(4)Nothing in this section is to be construed as exempting the Forestry Commissioners from the requirements of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989.]]
Textual Amendments