{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/schedule-18/paragraph-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/52",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/53",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The regulations may—\n(a) impose duties, in circumstances specified by the regulations, to make and maintain a connection between a relevant heat network and any premises;\n(b) impose duties as to providing such equipment as may be needed to make the connection function;\n(c) provide for the procedure to be followed when seeking to have a connection made between a relevant heat network and any premises;\n(d) provide for persons seeking a connection to premises to pay an amount in respect of costs incurred in making the connection or in respect of the cost of equipment provided;\n(e) provide for the giving of security for the payment of such an amount in respect of the cost of equipment provided;\n(f) make provision about the terms upon which a connection is made (including provision for deeming a contract to have been made and for making schemes for determining the terms and conditions to be incorporated in such a contract).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 53 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(2)(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/schedule/18/paragraph/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:44.989649+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."
}