Energy Act 2016

Amendment of section 44G of Act of 2007

30. Section 44G of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) by substituting “reporting period” for “obligation period”,

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) (a) The Agency shall, in respect of each reporting period, make a determination specifying the closing date for the submission to it of applications for biofuel obligation certificates.

(b) The Agency shall publish a determination under paragraph (a) on its website as soon as is practicable after the date of its making.”,

and

(c) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) An application for a biofuel obligation certificate may be made at any time during the reporting period in which the biofuel was disposed of as referred to in subsection (1) but in any case not later than the closing date specified in respect of the reporting period concerned in a determination made under subsection (2A).”.