Evolution 5 Multi-fuel Issue 1 21/07/2015
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Assembly for Smoke Exemption
Your stove will come pre-configured for use in smoke control area. This is achieved by an
air control modification which ensures a set minimum amount of combustion air for clean
burning. For installations that are not located within a smoke control area, the modification
may be removed by the installer thus allowing full closure of the air intake. To remove the
modification the installer needs to remove the screw as indicated below:
If the modification is
removed or tampered
with the appliance
would no longer be
considered an exempt
appliance therefore the
modification must not
be removed if the
appliance is used in
Smoke Control areas
when burning
unauthorised fuels.
“The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of the authority to be a smoke
control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed boiler if located
in a designated smoke control area. It is also an offence to acquire an "unauthorised fuel" for use within a smoke control
area unless it is used in an "exempt" appliance ("exempted" from the controls which generally apply in the smoke control
area).
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has powers under the Act to authorise smokeless fuels
or exempt appliances for use in smoke control areas in England. In Scotland and Wales this power rests with Ministers in
the devolved administrations for those countries. Separate legislation, the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,
applies in Northern Ireland. Therefore it is a requirement that fuels burnt or obtained for use in smoke control areas have
been "authorised" in Regulations and that appliances used to burn solid fuel in those areas (other than "authorised"
fuels) have been exempted by an Order made and signed by the Secretary of State or Minister in the devolved
administrations.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and supervision of
smoke control areas and you can contact them for details of Clean Air Act requirements
The Evolution 5 multi-fuel appliance has been recommended for exemption under the Clean Air Act 1993 for use in
smoke control areas when burning Wood Logs and when fitted with the smoke exempt modification to prevent closure of
the air intake.
If the air control modification is removed then the appliance would no longer be considered an exempt appliance.
