Schedules

Schedule 18Heat networks regulation

Part 6Enforcement of conditions and requirements

I138Final and provisional orders

1

Regulations made by virtue of paragraph 37(2) may, in particular—

a

provide for the confirmation of a provisional order;

b

make provision about procedure;

c

provide for the grounds on which an order may be challenged in legal proceedings, the time within which it may be challenged and the remedies that may be given;

d

specify how an order may be enforced (including by providing for non-compliance with an order to be a breach of duty);

e

make provision enabling the Regulator to accept an enforcement undertaking from a relevant person and about the consequences of accepting such an undertaking.

2

An “enforcement undertaking” is an undertaking to take, within the period specified in the undertaking, such action as may be so specified to secure compliance with a relevant condition or requirement.

3

Except as provided by the regulations, the validity of an order made by virtue of paragraph 37(2)(a) or (b) is not to be questioned in any legal proceedings.