The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“authorised person” means—

(a)

the Secretary of State,

(b)

the Scottish Ministers, or

(c)

a person authorised under regulation 10(2);

“bill” means a demand for payment from a heat supplier to a final customer for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water by that heat supplier;

“billing” means the issuing of a bill;

“billing information” means the information specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 provided by the heat supplier to a final customer in respect of the supply of heating, cooling or hot water from a district heat network or communal heating operated by that heat supplier;

“communal heating” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water, or chilled liquids from a central source in a building which is occupied by more than one final customer, for the use of space or process heating, cooling or hot water;

“district heat network” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings or sites for the use of space or process heating, cooling or hot water;

“final customer” means a person who purchases heating, cooling or hot water for their own end consumption from a heat supplier;

“heat cost allocator” means an instrument for the measurement of energy consumption of a room heating radiator where that energy has been supplied from the district heat network or communal heating operated by a heat supplier;

“heat supplier” means a person who supplies and charges for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water to a final customer, through—

(a)

communal heating; or

(b)

a district heat network;

“meter” means an instrument designed to measure, memorise and display the consumption of heating, cooling or hot water by a final customer where that heating, cooling or hot water has been supplied from a district heat network or communal heating operated by a heat supplier; and

“Scottish network” means a district heat network or communal heating where the majority of final customers of the network or communal heating are located in Scotland.