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Made
16th July 2008
Laid before Parliament
17th July 2008
Coming into force
1st September 2008
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Origin of Renewables Electricity (Power of Gas and Electricity Markets Authority to act for Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st September 2008.
2. After section 121 of the Energy Act 2004(3) insert–
121A.–(1) GEMA and the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation ("the Northern Ireland Authority") shall be entitled–
(a) to enter into arrangements for GEMA to act on behalf of the Northern Ireland Authority for, or in connection with, the carrying out of the 2003 guarantees of origin functions; and
(b) to give effect to those arrangements.
(2) In this section "the 2003 guarantees of origin functions" means the functions conferred on the Northern Ireland Authority under or for the purposes of the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(4).".
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State for Energy
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
16th July 2008
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations insert a new section 121A into the Energy Act 2004. The new section empowers the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority to enter into arrangements to act on behalf of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation ("the Northern Ireland Authority") as respects the carrying out of the Northern Ireland Authority´s functions under the Electricity (Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
The 2003 Regulations implemented in Northern Ireland Article 5 of Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33). Article 5(1) of the directive provides that Member States are to ensure that the origin of electricity produced from renewable energy sources can be guaranteed and they are to issue guarantees of origin when requested to do so. Article 5(2) of the directive goes on to provide that Member States may designate one or more competent bodies to supervise the issue of guarantees of origin.
