PART 3Accreditation and matters relating to accreditation

CHAPTER 1Accreditation

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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

F2b

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.