The Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)

3.  In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after the definition of “the Act” insert—

““authorised person” means the Secretary of State, or in relation to a Scottish heat network the Scottish Ministers;

“bill” includes a demand for a qualifying payment within section 19(5)(a)(ii) or (c)(ii) of the Act in respect of heating or hot water;”;

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

““end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who falls within section 19(3)(b) or (c) of the Act;”;

(iii) for the definition of “intermediary” substitute—

““intermediary”, except in regulations 9 to 12, means a person—

(a)

who is a heat supplier within the meaning of the Metering and Billing Regulations or who otherwise supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to its end users through a heat network; or

(b)

to whom an end user makes a qualifying payment within section 19(5)(a)(ii) or (c)(ii) of the Act in respect of heating or hot water,

where that person has been provided with a scheme benefit in respect of the energy used to produce the heating or hot water;;”;

(b) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) In these Regulations, any reference to a heat supplier within the meaning of the Metering and Billing Regulations must be read as if the words “cooling or” were omitted from the definition of that term.”.