SCHEDULE 1Modification of Schedule 4 of the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 for the purposes of regulation 78(1)
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In paragraph 14—
a
for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
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The authorised person may serve a notice imposing a monetary penalty (“a non-compliance penalty”) on a person who does not comply with—
a
a notice under paragraph 1C, or
b
the duty under regulation 17(4) of the EBDS NI Regulations.
b
in sub-paragraph (2) omit the words “or enforcement undertaking”;
c
in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from “be a percentage” to the end substitute “not exceed £5,000 in respect of each non-compliance identified in a compliance notice and not exceed £5,000 in respect of failure to comply with a notice given under paragraph 1C”
;
d
omit sub-paragraphs (3) and (5);
e
after sub-paragraph (7), insert—
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A non-compliance penalty is recoverable by the authorised person as a civil debt.