{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-heat-networks-market-framework-great-britain-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348276152",
  "legislation_title": "The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-heat-networks-market-framework-great-britain-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Regulation 56 amended (application of Part 2 of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 with modifications)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 56 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (7)(b) after “for the purposes of” insert “a small business or”.\n(3) In paragraph (11)—\n(a) for the definition of “a micro-business” substitute—\n““micro-business” means a business that—\n(a) consumes less than 247,000 kilowatt hours of heat per year;\n(b) has fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees; or\n(c) has either—\n(i) an annual turnover of £2 million or less; or\n(ii) a balance sheet total of £2 million or less;”;\n(b) after the definition of “the Scheme Terms” insert—\n““small business” means a business that—\n(a) either—\n(i) consumes less than 420,000 kilowatt hours of heat per year; or\n(ii) has fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees; and\n(b) has either—\n(i) an annual turnover of £6.5 million or less; or\n(ii) a balance sheet total of £5 million or less.”.\n(4) After paragraph (11) insert—\n“(12) For the purpose of this regulation, the number of full-time equivalent employees of a business must be calculated by taking the number of full-time employees and adding, for each employee who is not a full-time employee, such fraction as is reasonable.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348276152/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:26.325865+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}