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Installation and Operating Instructions for Heta SL800 Aqua stove Pevex1018/AH/ver1:Jan 2013
The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke
Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local autho-
rities 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 buil-
ding, 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 Environ-
ment, Food and Rural Affairs has
powers under the Act to authorise
smokeless fuels or exempt applian-
ces for use in smoke control areas in
England. In Scotland and Wales this
power rests with Ministers in the de-
volved administrations for those coun-
tries. Separate legislation, the Clean
Appendix A
Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, ap-
plies in Northern Ireland. Therefore it
is a requirement that fuels burnt or ob-
tained for use in smoke control areas
have been ”authorised” in Regulations
and that appliances used to burn solid
fuel in those areas (other than ”aut-
horised” fuels) have been exempted
by an Order made and signed by the
Secretary of State or Minister in the
devolved administrations.
The Scan-Line 800 Aqua and Aqua
low have been recommended as
suitable for use in smoke control areas
when burning dry wood logs.
Further information on the require-
ments 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.
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