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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).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the
Secretary of State in accordance with changes 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 appliances 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 these are authorised by regulations 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.
In the event that substantial smoke is observed during start-up from cold,
the pizza oven should be used with an authorised fuel or gas lance until
the defined operating temperature is reached.
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