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(1)After section 32L of EA 1989 insert—
(1)The Secretary of State may make a renewables obligation closure order.
(2)A renewables obligation closure order is an order which provides that no renewables obligation certificates are to be issued under a renewables obligation order in respect of electricity generated after a specified date.
(3)Provision made under subsection (2) may specify different dates in relation to different cases or circumstances.
(4)The cases or circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) may in particular be described by reference to—
(a)accreditation of a generating station, or
(b)the addition of generating capacity to a generating station.
(5)A renewables obligation closure order may include provision about—
(a)the meaning of “accreditation” and “generating capacity” in subsection (4);
(b)when generating capacity is to be treated as added to a generating station for the purposes of that subsection.
(6)References in this section to a renewables obligation order are references to any renewables obligation order made under section 32 (whenever made, and whether or not made by the Secretary of State).
(7)Power to make provision in a renewables obligation order (and any provision contained in such an order) is subject to provision contained in a renewables obligation closure order; but this section is not otherwise to be taken as affecting power to make provision in a renewables obligation order of the kind mentioned in subsection (2).
(8)Section 32K applies in relation to a renewables obligation closure order as it applies in relation to a renewables obligation order (and subsection (3) above is not to be taken as limiting the application of that section).
(1)Before making a renewables obligation closure order, the Secretary of State must consult—
(a)the Authority,
(b)the Council,
(c)such generators of electricity from renewable sources as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, and
(d)such other persons, if any, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(2)The requirement to consult may be satisfied by consultation before, as well as consultation after, the passing of the Energy Act 2013.
(3)A renewables obligation closure order is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument containing it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”
(2)In section 32M(1) of EA 1989 (interpretation of sections 32 to 32M)—
(a)for “32L” substitute “ 32LB ”;
(b)after the definition of “renewables obligation order” insert—
““renewables obligation closure order” is to be construed in accordance with section 32LA;”;
(c)in the definition of “specified”, after “renewables obligation order” insert “ or a renewables obligation closure order ”.
(3)In section 106 of EA 1989 (regulations and orders), in subsection (2)(b) after “32,” insert “ 32LA, ”.
(4)In Article 56(1) of the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)) (power to amend Part 7 of that Order to take account of amendments of corresponding Great Britain provisions), the reference to amendments made to sections 32 to 32C of EA 1989 includes a reference to subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
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