Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021

63 Building assessment reports

(1) A relevant person must prepare reports in relation to each non-domestic building in which the person has an interest.

(2) A report prepared under subsection (1) (a “building assessment report”) must set out, in relation to each non-domestic building covered by the report, an assessment of—

(a) the potential for the non-domestic building to be supplied with thermal energy by means of a heat network,

(b) the period for which any system providing thermal energy to the non-domestic building is expected to continue to operate effectively and efficiently.

(3) A building assessment report must—

(a) be prepared in the manner as may be specified, and

(b) at such intervals as may be specified.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a relevant person has an interest in a non-domestic building if—

(i) the relevant person has a right of ownership in the non-domestic building,

(ii) the relevant person has such other interest in the non-domestic building as may be specified,

(b) where more than one relevant person has a right of ownership, or other interest as may be specified by regulations under paragraph (a)(ii), in a non-domestic building, a building assessment report must be prepared by one of those persons.

(5) In this section, “specified” means specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.