The Act Overview Applications to local authorities: Ministerial powers of call-in, direction and appeal Section 30: Directions as to method of dealing with heat network consent applications etc. by local authorities
68.Section 30 enables the Scottish Ministers, by regulations, to make provision about how local authorities as appropriate consent authorities are to deal with heat network consent applications, heat network consent modification applications, and applications relating to conditions etc. required by a heat network consent condition.
69.Subsection (3) specifies that any such regulations may include provision about: restricting the ability of local authorities to determine applications; requiring local authorities to consider imposing a condition in respect of an application; providing information to the Scottish Ministers (and others if specified in the regulations) about an application.