{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-regulations-2014/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heat-network-metering-and-billing-regulations-2014/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Replacement of existing meters...",
  "text": "(1) Where an existing meter which is part of a district heat network or communal heating is replaced the heat supplier must ensure that the replacement meter accurately measures, memorises and displays the consumption of heating, cooling or hot water by a final customer.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A heat supplier need not comply with paragraph (1) if it would be technically impossible to do so or the estimated cost would be unreasonable.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (27.11.2020) by The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 9(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2) omitted (27.11.2020) by virtue of The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 9(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 7(4) omitted (27.11.2020) by virtue of The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 9(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7 heading omitted (27.11.2020) by virtue of The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1221), regs. 1(2), 9(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3120/regulation/7",
    "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."
}