{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-pass-through-requirement-heat-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-pass-through-requirement-heat-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1280",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-bill-relief-scheme-pass-through-requirement-heat-suppliers-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)",
  "text": "In regulation 2—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) after the definition of “the Act” insert—\n““authorised person” means the Secretary of State, or in relation to a Scottish heat network the Scottish Ministers;\n“bill” includes a demand for a qualifying payment within section 19(5)(a)(ii) or (c)(ii) of the Act in respect of heating or hot water;”;\n(ii) for the definition of “end user” substitute—\n““end user”, in relation to an intermediary, means an end user who falls within section 19(3)(b) or (c) of the Act;”;\n(iii) for the definition of “intermediary” substitute—\n““intermediary”, except in regulations 9 to 12, means a person—\n(a) who is a heat supplier within the meaning of the Metering and Billing Regulations or who otherwise supplies and charges for the supply of heating or hot water to its end users through a heat network; or\n(b) to whom an end user makes a qualifying payment within section 19(5)(a)(ii) or (c)(ii) of the Act in respect of heating or hot water,\nwhere that person has been provided with a scheme benefit in respect of the energy used to produce the heating or hot water;;”;\n(b) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) In these Regulations, any reference to a heat supplier within the meaning of the Metering and Billing Regulations must be read as if the words “cooling or” were omitted from the definition of that term.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1280/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:34.371340+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."
}