The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014

PART 1 Introductory

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014.

(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on 18th December 2014.

(3) Regulation 9 comes into force on 31st December 2014.

(4) Regulations 4(4) and 6 come into force on 31st December 2016.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“authorised person” means—

(a)

the Secretary of State,

(b)

the Scottish Ministers, or

(c)

a person authorised under regulation 10(2);

“bill” means a demand for payment from a heat supplier to a final customer for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water by that heat supplier;

“billing” means the issuing of a bill;

“billing information” means the information specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 provided by the heat supplier to a final customer in respect of the supply of heating, cooling or hot water from a district heat network or communal heating operated by that heat supplier;

“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 heat 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;

“final customer” means a person who purchases heating, cooling or hot water for their own end consumption from a heat supplier;

“heat cost allocator” means an instrument for the measurement of energy consumption of a room heating radiator where that energy has been supplied from the district heat network or communal heating operated by a heat supplier;

“heat supplier” means a person who supplies and charges for the supply of heating, cooling or hot water to a final customer, through—

(a)

communal heating; or

(b)

a district heat network;

“meter” means an instrument designed to measure, memorise and display the consumption of heating, cooling or hot water by a final customer where that heating, cooling or hot water has been supplied from a district heat network or communal heating operated by a heat supplier; and

“Scottish network” means a district heat network or communal heating where the majority of final customers of the network or communal heating are located in Scotland.