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UNILUX-6 40
Installation instructions
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
The appliance must be positioned and connected by a Barbas dealer/specialist in
accordance with the following installation instructions, nationally and locally applicable
regulations. This manual contains directions for both positioning the appliance and for
its environmentally-friendly use. It also contains technical data for the appliance, parts
information and directions in the event of problems.
This appliance is exempted or recommended for exemption under section 21 of the
Clean Air Act 1993 and can be used in accordance with the intended use as described
in this manual in smoke control areas in the UK. The appliance, when sold into the UK
market, include a factory-installed modifi ed air slider to ensure compliance with smoke
emission requirements within smoke control areas.
Study this manual carefully before using the fi replace. We recommend you keep this
manual in a safe place for reference purposes.
The pictures in this Installation Instructions are made from a variant of this appliance.
Although the dimensions of the appliance on the pictures may differ from reality, the
actions and instructions shown are fully valid for the appliance described here.
See the “Instructions for use” for the operation of the appliance
The “Instructions for use” is provided separately by the appliance.
“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
fi xed 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.