The Act Overview Part 7 – Key heat network assets Section 84: Identifying key heat network assets
209.Section 84 applies to a heat network consent application or a heat network consent modification application relating to the construction and operation of a heat network, or the operation of a heat network.
210.Subsection (2) provides that the application must include required information about the key assets of the heat network and required information about each person with an interest in the key assets. Determination of whether information is “required” is made in accordance with section 33(1).
211.Subsection (4) defines “key asset” for the purposes of Part 7 of the Act, being any property that forms part of the heat network and is necessary to the operation of the heat network. It is for the Scottish Ministers to determine any question as to whether property forming part of a heat network is necessary to the operation of the heat network (subsection (6)).
212.The types of property that could constitute a key asset are land, buildings, apparatus and such other type of property as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers by regulations (subsection (5)).