# The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025, Regulation 27: Deemed heat network authorisations


(1) A person who carries on a regulated activity in relation to a relevant heat network before the end of the first part of the initial period is to be treated as holding a heat network authorisation in relation to that activity and that relevant heat network during the initial period, with the heat network authorisation treated as conferred on the later of—
(a) the day that regulation 14 comes into force; and
(b) the day when the person first carries on that activity in relation to that relevant heat network.
(2) If a person is carrying on a regulated activity in relation to a relevant heat network when regulation 14 comes into force, the heat network authorisation treated as conferred on that person in relation to that activity and that relevant heat network remains in force after the initial period except to the extent that it is modified or revoked or otherwise ceases to have effect under this Part.
(3) References in these Regulations to “authorised person” are to be construed in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) The heat network authorisation treated as conferred by virtue of paragraph (1) includes the general authorisation conditions (if any) that would have been included had the heat network authorisation been conferred under regulation 16.
(5) A heat network authorisation treated as conferred before the launch date is to be treated as modified on the launch date to include the general authorisation conditions that would have been included had the heat network authorisation been conferred under regulation 16 on the launch date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348266474/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-heat-networks-market-framework-great-britain-regulations-2025/regulation-27
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