The Act Overview Local authorities acting jointly Section 52: Two or more local authorities acting jointly in relation to heat network zone
120.Subsection (1) provides that where an area falls within the area of more than one local authority and has the potential to be designated as a heat network zone, each of the local authorities in whose area the heat network zone would be situated may act jointly to consider whether to designate the area, or to request that the Scottish Ministers consider whether to designate the area as a heat network zone.
121.Subsection (2) provides that where two or more local authorities have acted jointly to designate a heat network zone, they may act jointly to vary the zone.
122.Where two or more authorities act jointly under this section the references (in the sections noted below) to “a local authority”, are references to the local authorities acting jointly and references to “a local authority’s area” are references to the combined area of the local authorities. The relevant sections are: sections 46 (power to designate heat network zone), 48 (designation of a heat network zone by local authority), 49 (designation of heat network zone by Scottish Ministers), 50 (variation of heat network zone by local authority) and 51 (variation of heat network zone by Scottish Ministers).