The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Amendment of regulation 3 (duty to notify)

5.—(1) Regulation 3 (duty to notify) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) the number of buildings supplied by that district heat network or communal heating in each class;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (g), for the words from “as to” to “Regulations” substitute “has been carried out in accordance with Schedule 1 for the purpose of regulation 4 or 6”.

(3) In paragraph (3), for “A” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), a”.

(4) At the end insert—

“(4) If an updated notification is due to be submitted by a heat supplier in the period beginning on 27th November 2020 and ending on 1st September 2022, the heat supplier may submit the updated notification at any time before the end of that period.

(5) A change of heat supplier in relation to a district heat network or communal heating does not alter the period within which the heat supplier must comply with paragraph (3).

(6) A notification or updated notification must be submitted in a form approved by the Secretary of State or, in relation to a Scottish network, the Scottish Ministers.

(7) The Secretary of State or, in relation to a Scottish network, the Scottish Ministers may—

(a) reject a notification or updated notification that does not comply with paragraph (6); and

(b) require the heat supplier to resubmit the notification or updated notification in a form that complies with that paragraph.

(8) In this regulation, “class” in relation to a building supplied by a district heat network or communal heating means viable class, open class or exempt class within the meaning of regulation 2A.”.