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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
It is required by Building Regulations that
whenever a new or replacement
wood/solid fuel or biomass appliance is
installed in a dwelling a carbon monoxide
alarm to BS EN 50292:2002 must be fitted
in the same room as the appliance.
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.
• Earlswood
(EW3MF) has been
recommended as
suitable for use in
smoke control areas
when burning wood,
as such, when the secondary air
slider is in the closed position it
remains open by 3mm and the
tertiary air control should be fully
open and is prevented from closing
by a screw.
Further 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.
CO Alarms
The alarm should be installed according
to the alarms manufacturers instructions
and should not be considered a substitute
for the appliance being installed correctly
and regular maintenance of the appliance
and flue system by a competent person.
SMOKE
EXEMPT