PART 3Accreditation and matters relating to accreditation
CHAPTER 1Accreditation
F1Transitional installations8D.
(1)
This article applies where—
(a)
an application has been made to the Authority before 15th January 2016 for accreditation of an eligible installation which is of a type mentioned in article 4(2)(a), whose commissioning date is on or after 15th January 2016; or
F2(b)
an application is made to a FIT licensee between 15th January 2016 and 31st March 2016 for FIT payments for an eligible installation which uses a MSC-FIT technology and whose MCS certificate’s issue date is before 15th January 2016, but is not—
(i)
a community energy installation which has been pre-registered in accordance with article 11(pre-registration of community energy installations); or
(ii)
a school installation which has been pre-registered in accordance with article 12 (pre-registration of school installations).
(2)
Where this article applies—
(a)
in the case of the installation referred to in paragraph (1)(a), its eligibility date will be the later of—
(i)
the date on which its application for accreditation was received by the Authority; or
(ii)
the date on which the installation is commissioned;
and its tariff date will be the same as its eligibility date; and
(b)
in the case of an installation referred to in paragraph (1)(b), its eligibility date and tariff date will be 8th February 2016.