(1) Article 2a is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 -

(a) omit point (a);

(b) in point (b)(i) omit "in the relevant period, calculated over the relevant period as a whole".

(3) In paragraph 2 -

(a) in the opening words for "paragraph 1(b)(i)" substitute "this Article";

(b) in point (a)(ii) after "Article 5" insert "made after the end of the first full calendar year after the start of normal operation of a heat benchmark sub-installation".

(4) After paragraph 2 insert -

"3. An application for free allocation may be made in respect of an electricity generator in relation to measurable heat whether or not at the date of the application the electricity generator has produced measurable heat by means of high-efficiency cogeneration or has exported measurable heat for the purposes of district heating.