Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1962 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1962 M1;

• “the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 M2;

• “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 M3;

• “the 2000 Act” means the Electronic Communications Act 2000 M4;

• “communal heating” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids from a central source in a building which is occupied by more than one final customer, for the use of space or process heating, cooling or hot water;

• “district heating network” means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings or sites for the use of space or process heating, cooling or hot water and includes any attached communal heating;

• “electronic communication” has the meaning given to it in section 15(1) of the 2000 Act M5;

• “lands and heritages” has the meaning prescribed by and under section 42 of the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854 M6;

• “local authority” means the rating authority in whose valuation roll the entry for the lands and heritages appears; F1...

• F2“renewable generation” means heat or power produced from the following sources—

  1. (a)

     biomass,

  2. (b)

     biofuels,

  3. (c)

     fuel cells,

  4. (d)

     photovoltaics,

  5. (e)

     water (including waves and tides, but excluding production from the pumped storage of water),

  6. (f)

     wind,

  7. (g)

     solar power,

  8. (h)

     geothermal sources,

  9. (i)

     heat or cold unavoidably generated as a by-product of another process, which would be wasted if not used for the purposes of a district heating network,

  10. (j)

      the thermal treatment or incineration of waste materials that would not otherwise be recycled or reused, and

• “valuation roll” means the roll made up under section 1 of the 1975 Act.