The Act Overview Introductory Section 1: Meaning of “heat network”
4.Subsection (1) defines a “heat network” for the purposes of this Act as a district heat network or a communal heating system and makes clear that the source of production of thermal energy forms part of the heat network (subsection (4)).
5.Subsection (2) provides that district heat network is a network by which thermal energy is distributed from one or more sources of production to more than one building. Subsection (3) provides that a communal heating system is a system by which thermal energy is distributed from one or more sources of production to one building comprising more than one building unit.
6.Subsections (5) and (6) provide definitions of “thermal energy” and “building unit”.
7.Subsection (7) allows the Scottish Ministers by regulations to modify or further define the meaning of “heat network”, “district heat network”, “communal heating system” or “thermal energy”.