8C.—(1) [F2Subject to paragraph (1A),] this paragraph applies where, at the end of a tariff period (“Tariff Period A”), the aggregate total installed capacity (measured in megawatts) of eligible installations of a particular description, in respect of which applications have been received by the Authority, has not reached the limit for that period as set out in the Table in Schedule 1A for such installations.
[F3(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any tariff period beginning on or after 1st April 2019.]
(2) If paragraph (1) applies, then in relation to the following tariff period (“Tariff Period B”), the application limit NLB, given by the formula below, is to be substituted for the application limit specified in the Table in Schedule 1A—
where—
ELA is the application limit for Tariff Period A for eligible installations of a particular description;
MWA is the aggregate total installed capacity of eligible installations of that description in respect of which the Authority received applications in Tariff Period A;
ELB is the application limit which would, but for this article, apply for Tariff Period B for eligible installations of that description; and
NLB is the new application limit which will apply for Tariff Period B.]
Textual Amendments
F1Arts. 8A-8D inserted (15.1.2016) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2045), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 24)
F2Words in art. 8C(1) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 8(2)
F3Art. 8C(1A) inserted (1.2.2019) by The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1380), arts. 1, 8(3)