Citation and commencement and interpretation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 20th April 2015.

Amendments to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014

2.The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014( 3 ) are amended as follows.

Amendment to regulation 3 (duty to notify)

3. In regulation 3(2), for “30th April 2015” substitute “31st December 2015” in both places where it occurs.

Amendment to regulation 4 (duty to install meters)

4. Omit regulation 4(9).

Amendment to regulation 5

5. For regulation 5 substitute—

“ Requirements relating to meters

5. Where these Regulations impose a duty on a heat supplier to ensure that a meter is installed, that heat supplier must ensure that the meter accurately measures, memorises and displays the consumption of heating, cooling or hot water by a final customer. ” .

Amendment to regulation 6 (duty to install heat cost allocators etc )

6. —(1) In regulation 6(6) for “Where a heat cost allocator to which this regulation applies is installed” substitute “Where this regulation imposes a duty on a heat supplier to ensure that a heat cost allocator is installed,”.

(2) Omit regulation 6(7).

Amendment to regulation 7 (replacement of existing meters, new buildings and major renovations)

7. —(1) In regulation 7(2) for “install sufficient meters” substitute “ensure that sufficient meters are installed”.

(2) In regulation 7(4)(d) after “insurance purposes” insert “at the time immediately before the renovation of the building is commenced”.

Amendment to regulation 8 (ongoing obligations in relation to meters and heat cost allocators)

8. In regulation 8 for “Where meters or heat cost allocators to which these Regulations apply are installed” substitute “Where these Regulations impose a duty on a heat supplier to ensure that meters or heat cost allocators are installed,”.

Amendment to regulation 9 (billing)

9. In regulation 9(1) for “where meters or heat cost allocators to which these Regulations apply” substitute “where these Regulations impose a duty on a heat supplier to ensure that meters or heat cost allocators”.

Amendment to regulation 13 (penalties)

10. In regulation 13(1)—

(a) omit “not exceeding the statutory maximum,” and

(b) after “Scotland” insert “or Northern Ireland”.

Amendment to regulation 14 (time limit for prosecution of offences)

11. In regulation 14(1), for “these Regulations may be tried by summary proceedings” substitute “regulation 11(1)(a), (e) or (f) or (3) may be tried”.

Amendment to regulation 15 (review)

12. In regulation 15(2) for “the Directive is” substitute “Articles 9(1) and (3), 10 and 11 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency( 4 ) are”.