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 locat
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ed 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).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a
list by the Secretary of State in accordance with chang-
es made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993
by section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Similarly, in
Scotland appliances are exempted by publication on a list
by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory
Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. In Northern Ireland applianc-
es are exempted by publication on a list by the Department
of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under Section
16 of the Environmental Better regulation Act (Northern
Ireland) 2016. In Wales appliances are exempted by regu-
lations made by Welsh Ministers.
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 “Ekol Adept” free-standing stove and inset stove have
been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control
areas when burning wood logs. A factory-fitted modifica
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tion to the air controls has been implemented to ensure
a minimum opening of the secondary air and also for the
tertiary air.
The Clean Air Act
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