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Installation and Operating Instructions for Newbourne 40i Inset Inset Ecodesign Multi Fuel Stove
Ref: Pevex1030/AH/ver1: 1 April 2019
APPENDIX A
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.
The Newbourne 40i Inset Ecodesign has not been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas
when burning wood logs. *APPLICATION PENDING*
More 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.
