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THE CLEAN AIR ACT
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 SMO-
KE 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 SE-
CRETARY 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.
IN SCOTLAND APPLIANCES ARE EXEMPTED BY PUBLICATION ON A LIST BY SCOTTISH
MINISTERS UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE REGULATORY REFORM (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014.
SIMILARLY, 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 APPLIANCES ARE EXEMPTED BY REGULATIONS MADE BY
WELSH MINISTERS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS HAS POW-
ERS UNDER THE ACT TO AUTHORIZE SMOKELESS FUELS OR EXEMPT APPLIANCES
FOR USE IN SMOKE CONTROL AREAS IN ENGLAND. IN SCOTLAND AND WALES THIS
POWER RESTS WITH THE 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 "AUTHORI-
SED" 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.
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