Section 15: the Clean air act and Smoke Control areas
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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 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 at 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 Grant Vecta 4-16 Condensing Wood Pellet Boiler has been
recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when
burning EN Plus A1 pellets.
15 the Clean air act 1993 and
Smoke Control areas
