2. In these Regulations—
“the 1962 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962(1);
“the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966(2);
“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975(3);
“the 2000 Act” means the Electronic Communications Act 2000(4);
“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 heating 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 and includes any attached communal heating;
“electronic communication” has the meaning given to it in section 15(1) of the 2000 Act(5);
“lands and heritages” has the meaning prescribed by and under section 42 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854(6);
“local authority” means the rating authority in whose valuation roll the entry for the lands and heritages appears; and
“valuation roll” means the roll made up under section 1 of the 1975 Act.
2000 c.7. Section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), schedule 17, paragraph 158.
1854 17 and 18 Vict. c.91. Section 42 was amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c.19) and the 1994 Act, section 152(2).