PART 2 Amendment of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

Amendment of regulation 9 (establishment of consumer redress scheme)

7.—(1) In regulation 9(2)(h), for “regulation 10” substitute “regulations 10 and 12”.

(2) In regulation 9(3)—

(a) for the definition of “domestic end user” substitute—

““domestic end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who purchases heating or hot water for domestic use from the intermediary;”;

(b) after that definition insert—

““intermediary” means—

(a)

a heat supplier within the meaning of the Metering and Billing Regulations; or

(b)

a person who otherwise supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to its end users through a heat network, where that person has been provided with a scheme benefit in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a) or (b) of these Regulations in respect of the energy used to produce the heating or hot water;”;

(c) for the definition of “microbusiness end user” substitute—

““microbusiness end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who purchases heating or hot water from the intermediary for use in a business which employs fewer than 10 employees and has an annual turnover or balance sheet total no greater than £2 million.”.