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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 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 at the following website:
www.smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk
.
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 Baby Gabriel HF217-SE has
a factory-fitted modified control
damper to prevent closure of the main
air control beyond the 50% open
position and has been recommended as
suitable for use in Smoke Control Areas
when burning wood logs.
YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
IF YOU LIVE IN A UK SMOKE
CONTROL AREA
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