Article 9
4. Article 9 (preliminary accreditation) is amended as follows—
(a)after paragraph (iv), in paragraph (3)(a), insert—
“(v)where the installation will be a solar photovoltaic installation with a total installed capacity of 250kW or more, whether or not the installation will be stand-alone solar photovoltaic;
(vi)whether or not the installation will be owned by a community organisation;”;
(b)in paragraph (4)(c)(ii), omit “and”;
(c)at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (4), omit the full stop and insert “; and”;
(d)after sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (4) insert—
“(e)if the application for preliminary accreditation specifies that the installation will be owned by a community organisation, the installation will be so owned.”;
(e)at the beginning of paragraph (8), insert “Subject to paragraph (8A),”; and
(f)after paragraph (8), insert—
“(8A) Where the installation will be owned by a community organisation, preliminary accreditation shall be valid—
(a)for solar photovoltaic installations, for 12 months;
(b)for wind and anaerobic digestion installations, for 18 months; and
(c)for hydro generating stations, for 30 months,
beginning with the date on which the application for preliminary accreditation was received by the Authority.”.