Section 13 - Victorian Renewable Energy Act 2006 - ESC may give provisional accreditation

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13 ESC may give provisional accreditation

(1) If—

(a) the ESC receives an application that is properly made under section 12; and

(b) the ESC is satisfied that some or all of the proposed components of the system would, if assembled, be a relevant power station for the purposes of this Act—

the ESC must, by written notice given to the applicant—

(c) specify which of those proposed components (the provisional components) would, if assembled, be a relevant power station for the purposes of this Act; and

(d) specify that, if an application is properly made under section 15 in relation to the relevant power station—

(i) the ESC will decide that the components specified in that application are taken to be a relevant power station for the purposes of this Act if the ESC is satisfied that they are not materially different from the provisional components; and

(ii) the relevant power station will be eligible for accreditation if section 17(3) is satisfied.

(2) If—

(a) the ESC receives an application that is properly made under section 12; and

(b) the ESC is not satisfied that some or all of the proposed components of the system would, if assembled, be a relevant power station for the purposes of this Act—

the ESC must, by written notice given to the applicant, refuse the application.

(3) ESC rules made for the purposes of section 17, in relation to deciding the components of a relevant power station, apply in a corresponding way to this section.