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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 Ru-
ral Affairs has powers under the Act to authorise smo-
keless fuels or exempt appliances for use in smoke
control areas in England. In Scotland and Wales this
power rests with Ministers in the devolved administra-
tions 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 ap-
pliances 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 ETA Heiztechnik boiler has been recommended
as suitable for use in smoke control areas when bur-
ning wood chips.
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 supervi-
sion of smoke control areas and you can contact them
for details of Clean Air Act requirements.
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