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(1)This section applies where a renewables obligation order contains banding provision.
(2)The order may provide for the effect of any banding provision made in an earlier order, or of any provision of a pre-commencement order, to continue, in such circumstances as may be specified, in relation to—
(a)the electricity generated by generating stations of such a description as may be specified, or
(b)so much of that electricity as may be determined in accordance with the order.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) “pre-commencement order” means an order made under section 32 before the coming into force of this section.
(4)Subsection (6) applies to a generating station in respect of which a statutory grant has been awarded if—
(a)the generating station is of a specified description, or
(b)the circumstances of the case meet specified requirements.
(5)The requirements specified under subsection (4)(b) may relate to the time when the grant was awarded (whether a time before or after the coming into force of this section).
(6)A renewables obligation order which contains banding provision may provide for the operation of that provision in relation to electricity generated by a generating station to which this subsection applies to be conditional upon the operator of the station agreeing—
(a)if the grant or any part of it has been paid, to repay to the Secretary of State the whole or a specified part of the grant or part before the repayment date,
(b)to pay to the Secretary of State interest on an amount repayable under paragraph (a) for such period, and at such rate, as may be determined by the Secretary of State, and
(c)if the grant or any part of it has not yet been paid, to consent to the cancellation of the award of the grant or part.
(7)If the grant in respect of which an amount falls to be paid under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (6) was paid by the Scottish Ministers, the references in those paragraphs to the Secretary of State are to be read as references to those Ministers.
(8)For the purposes of subsection (6)—
(a)“the repayment date” means the date specified in or determined in accordance with the order, and
(b)the period for which interest is payable must not begin before the grant was paid or, if the repayment relates to an instalment of the grant, before the instalment was paid;
and, for the purposes of provision made under that subsection, a renewables obligation order may make provision about the cancellation of an award of a statutory grant or an instalment of such a grant.
(9)In this section “statutory grant” means—
(a)a grant awarded under section 5(1) of the Science and Technology Act 1965 (grants to carry on or support scientific research), or
(b)any other grant which is payable out of public funds and awarded under or by virtue of an Act.
(10)This section is without prejudice to section 32K(1)(b) (power for renewables obligation order to include transitional provision and savings).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 32-32M substituted for (26.11.2008 for specified purposes, 1.4.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 37, 110(1)(a) (with s. 38); S.I. 2009/45, art. 3(a) (with art. 5)
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