Moved by
Lord Callanan
75: Schedule 16, page 337, line 32, leave out “or Scotland”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment removes a reference to Scotland in connection with installation and maintenance licences (which do not apply in relation to Scotland).
76: Schedule 16, page 340, line 28, leave out paragraph (c)
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on the amendment in the name of Lord Callanan at page 341, line 7.
77: Schedule 16, page 341, line 7, at end insert—
“(2A) Where regulations make provision by virtue of paragraph 37(2)(c) for the imposition of a penalty on a relevant person, the regulations—
(a) must also include provision enabling the relevant person to challenge the penalty in legal proceedings;
(b) may, in particular, specify the grounds on which and the time within which a penalty may be challenged and the remedies that may be given.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment requires regulations made by virtue of paragraph 37(2)(c) of Schedule 16 (heat networks regulation: methods of enforcement) that provide for the imposition of a penalty to include provision for challenging the penalty in legal proceedings.
78: Schedule 16, page 341, line 28, leave out “a penalty” and insert “compensation”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment corrects an error in paragraph 40(1)(f) of Schedule 16.
79: Schedule 16, page 346, line 26, at end insert—
“(3) In this paragraph, “the appropriate authority” means—
(a) in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment provides a definition of “the appropriate authority” for paragraph 50 of Schedule 16 (to match the definition in paragraph 61 of that Schedule).