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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.
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In regulation 3(5) of the Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014, in the definition of “carry out a generating activity”—
(a) omit the “or” after paragraph (b);
(b) after paragraph (c), insert—“
or
(d) to alter an eligible generating station by decommissioning part of it in order to replace that part;
”.
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(1) The Contracts for Difference (Allocation) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 14(1) (excluded applications), at the beginning, for “An” substitute “Subject to regulation 14ZA (decommissioning), an”.
(3) After regulation 14, insert—“
14ZA 

(1) This regulation applies to an application in respect of a CFD unit that is to be altered by decommissioning part of an eligible generating station in order to replace that part.
(2) An application mentioned in paragraph (1) is not an excluded application under the following paragraphs of regulation 14—
(a) paragraph (5) (accreditation or registration);
(b) paragraph (9) (funding under non-fossil fuel orders);
(c) paragraph (10) (capacity agreement);
(d) paragraph (13) (investment contract).”.
(4) In regulation 27ZA (floating offshore wind CFD units), omit paragraph 4(a) and the “and” after it.
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 
13th January 2025