The Act Overview Heat network consent applications Section 23: Determining heat network consent applications
50.The appropriate consent authority may agree to a heat network consent application and grant a heat network consent, or refuse the application (subsection (1)). Before granting the consent, the appropriate consent authority must be satisfied that each person the consent is granted to has, or will have, a right to use each listed asset of the heat network (defined in section 91) for the purpose of operating it (subsection (3)). Where the appropriate consent authority proposes to refuse an application, it must give the applicant notice of the proposed refusal. The notice must set out the reasons for the proposed refusal and specify a date by which the applicant may make representations to the appropriate consent authority (subsection (4)).