# The Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022, Regulation 15: Amendment of regulation 9 (investigation of complaints by the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland)


In regulation 9(2), in the modified Article 22(10)—
(a) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—
“(a) “domestic end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who purchases heating or hot water for domestic use from the intermediary;
(b) “intermediary” means—
(i) a heat supplier within the meaning of the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014; or
(ii) a person who otherwise supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to its end users through a heat network, where that person has been provided with a scheme benefit in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a) or (b) of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 in respect of the energy used to produce the heating or hot water;
(c) “microbusiness end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who purchases heating or hot water from the intermediary for use in a business which employs fewer than 10 employees and has an annual turnover or balance sheet total no greater than £2 million;”;
(b) sub-paragraph (e) is renumbered as sub-paragraph (d).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1280/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-pass-through-requirement-heat-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-15
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