{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-regulations-2014/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-regulations-2014/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3120",
  "legislation_title": "The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for any heat supplier to fail to comply with—\n(a) regulation 3 (duty to notify);\n(b) regulation 4 (duty to install meters);\n(ba) regulation 5 (requirements relating to meters);\n(c) regulation 6 (heat cost allocators and hot water meters);\n(d) regulation 7 (replacement of meters, new buildings and major renovations);\n(e) regulation 8 (on-going obligations); or\n(f) regulation 9 (billing).\n(2) No person may be prosecuted for an offence under paragraph (1) in respect of any failure to comply which occurred before 30th April 2015.\n(2A) No person may be prosecuted for—\n(a) an offence under paragraph (1)(b) in respect of any failure to comply with regulation 4(8) which occurred before 1st September 2022;\n(b) an offence under paragraph (1)(ba) in respect of any meter installed before 27th November 2020 where the offence occurred before 1st September 2022;\n(c) an offence under paragraph (1)(c) in respect of any failure to comply with regulation 6(6) which occurred before 1st September 2022 where a heat cost allocator was installed other than in compliance with a duty under these Regulations;\n(d) an offence under paragraph (1)(d) in respect of any failure to comply with regulation 7(1) which occurred before 1st September 2022 where a replacement meter was installed other than in compliance with a duty under these Regulations;\n(e) an offence under paragraph (1)(e) in respect of any failure to comply with regulation 8 which occurred before 1st September 2022 where a meter or heat cost allocator was installed other than in compliance with a duty under these Regulations;\n(f) an offence under paragraph (1)(f) in respect of any failure to comply with regulation 9(1) which occurred before 1st September 2022 where a meter or heat cost allocator was installed other than in compliance with a duty under these Regulations.\n(3) It is an offence to obstruct an authorised person acting in the pursuance of their powers or duties under these Regulations.\n(4) In this regulation, “powers or duties” include powers or duties exercisable by virtue of a warrant under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(a) omitted (E.W.S.) (27.1.2026) by virtue of The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/7), regs. 2(2)(c), 12(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(ba) inserted (27.11.2020) by The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 12(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(c) omitted (E.W.S.) (27.1.2026) by virtue of The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/7), regs. 2(2)(c), 12(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(f) omitted (E.W.S.) (27.1.2026) by virtue of The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/7), regs. 2(2)(c), 12(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 11(2A) inserted (27.11.2020) by The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 12(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3120/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:55:34.637072+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."
}