Section 7: Heat networks licence standard conditions: supplementary
22.The licensing authority must publish the standard conditions (subsection (1)). The licensing authority must review the standard conditions from time to time and may modify the standard conditions and make modifications to the conditions of any heat network licence the licensing authority considers appropriate as a result of the modification of the standard conditions (subsection (2)).
23.Before the licensing authority makes any modifications to the standard conditions or the conditions of a heat networks licence, it must give notice of the proposed modification to every licence holder that would be affected by the modification and publish the notice. The notice must state the reasons why the modification is proposed. The notice must also specify the period, being not less than 28 days from the date on which the notice was given, within which the applicant may make representations to the licensing authority (subsection (4)). Where the standard conditions are modified, the licensing authority must publish the standard conditions as modified (subsection (5))