PART 1

Heat networks licences

Miscellaneous

Records
16C
1
The licensing authority must maintain records of information obtained under or by virtue of this Act relating to—
a
persons whose application for a heat networks licence has been refused;
b
persons whose heat networks licence has been revoked.
2
The licensing authority is not required to maintain any records referred to in subsection (1) for longer than it considers appropriate having regard to the nature of the records and the purposes for which they may lawfully be used or disclosed by the licensing authority.
3
This section does not affect the operation of the Public Records Act 1958 or the data protection legislation (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018).
Ss. 16A-16C inserted (27.1.2026) by The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/269), regs. 1(4), 68(3)