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Part X · General

71. Existing projects

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

All persons engaged in carrying on any renewable energy project which is an on-grid renewable energy project or an off-grid renewable energy project within the meaning of this Act as on the appointed date, shall be entitled to be issued with a permit to enable such persons to continue to carry on such project, within one year of such appointed date, on application made in that behalf to the

Board

(2)

Every permit issued under subsection (1) shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, and shall be valid—

(a)

in the case of an on-grid renewable energy project, for the balance period remaining after deducting from the period of twenty years referred to in section 18, the period during which the project was in operation from the date of its commissioning; and

(b)

in the case of an off-grid renewable energy project, for such period as may be prescribed.

Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority