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15. 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 appliance 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:
http://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 Ecco Stove E730 has been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when burning
dry wood logs and when a 4mm permanent gap between the cover and main body of the secondary air
cover is in place and when all air controls are permanently fixed in position.
16. FUELS
16a Wood
Wood as a fuel must be maximum 25% moisture content and split logs are nominally 300mm maximum
in length and 10 - 15 cms in diameter or below for best combustion, (measured at any one point over
the width of the split log) see 25h) for explanation.
