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1996 No. 1108

CLEAN AIR

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1996

Made 16th April 1996
Laid before Parliament 24th April 1996
Coming into force 15th May 1996


The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993[1], being satisfied that the classes of fireplace described in the Schedule hereto can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 15th May 1996.
Classes of fireplace exempted from section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993
2. The classes of fireplace described in the Schedule shall, upon the conditions there specified, be exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (which prohibits smoke emissions in smoke control areas).
Amendment of earlier order
3. In the Schedule to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1991[2], in the entry relating to the Talbott's Warm Air Heaters Down Firing range models D250, D500 and D700, in Condition 2, for the words "chipboard or plastic coated chipboard" there shall be substituted "chipboard, plastic coated chipboard or cardboard".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Jones

Minister of State, Department of the Environment

16th April 1996


SCHEDULE
Article 2

Class of fireplace

Conditions

The Talbott's combustion unit models C1, C2, C3 and C4 manufactured by Talbott's Heating Limited.

1. The fireplaces shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions dated August 1995 bearing the reference "Issue C1000/C/Range".

2. No fuel shall be used other than chipboard or wood shavings, forestry chips or paper briquettes.

The Talbott's Heating models T75, T150, T300, D250B, D500B and D700B, manufactured by Talbott's Heating Limited

1. The fireplaces shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions dated 1st January 1995 bearing the following reference:—
(a) models T75, T150 and T300: "gen/sttech";

(b) models D250B, D500B and D700B: "Gen/Tech".

2. No fuel shall be used other than the following:
(a) models T75, T150 and T300: wood offcuts, woodwaste pallets, chipboard, plastic coated chipboard, cardboard or paper;

(b) models D250B, D500B and D700B: hardwood or softwood offcuts, chipboard, plastic coated chipboard or cardboard.

Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1108
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1996 - continued

 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)
Local authorities may declare the whole or any part of their district to be a smoke control area under section 18 of the Clean Air Act 1993. Section 20 of the Act generally prohibits the emission of smoke in smoke control areas. The Secretary of State may by order made under section 21 of the Act exempt specified classes of fireplace from the provisions of section 20, if he is satisfied that they can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke.
This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, exempts the classes of fireplace mentioned in the Schedule from the provisions of section 20 subject to conditions requiring installation, maintenance and operation in accordance with the relevant manufacturer's instructions and subject to certain conditions as to the fuel to be used. It also amends an earlier order so as to allow cardboard to be burnt in the classes of fireplace specified.

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Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2457
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990

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1990 No. 2457

CLEAN AIR

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990

Made 4th December 1990
Laid before Parliament 10th December 1990
Coming into force 31st December 1990


The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England and Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(4)[1] of the Clean Air Act 1956[2], being satisfied that fireplaces of the classes described in the Schedule hereto can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke, hereby make the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 31st December 1990.
Classes of fireplace exempted from section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956
2. The classes of fireplace described in the Schedule shall, upon the conditions there specified, be exempted from the provisions of section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 (which empowers a local authority to declare the whole or any part of its district to be a smoke control area).


Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

3rd December 1990

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

4th December 1990

 

 

Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2457
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990 - continued

SCHEDULE:

Class of fireplace

Conditions

The Talbott's Energy Saving Wood Waste Burning Automatic Warm Air Heaters, models T1.5/A, T3/A, T5/A and TM/A manufactured by Talbotts Heating Limited.

1. The fireplaces shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions bearing the reference "T/A JANUARY 1990".

2. No fuel shall be used other than hardwood or softwood shavings or sawdust.

Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2457
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990 - continued

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 empowers local authorities to declare the whole or any part of their district to be a smoke control area in which the emission of smoke is generally prohibited. Specified classes of fireplace may be exempted from control by order.
This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, exempts the classes of fireplace mentioned in the Schedule from the provisions of the section subject to conditions requiring compliance with the relevant manufacturer's instructions and subject to certain conditions as to installation, maintenance and operation.

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Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 3009
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1997

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© Crown Copyright 1997

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CM Range CM1, CM2, CM3 and CM4

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1997 No. 3009


CLEAN AIR


The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1997

Made 17th December 1997
Laid before Parliament 19th December 1997
Coming into force 9th January 1998

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, being satisfied that the classes of fireplace exempted by this Order can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 9th January 1998.

Classes of fireplace exempted from section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993
2. The classes of fireplace described in Schedule 1 shall, upon the conditions there specified, be exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (which prohibits smoke emissions in smoke control areas).

Amendment of earlier Orders
3. The Orders mentioned in Schedule 2 shall be amended in accordance with that Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment


Michael Meacher
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

15th December 1997


Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

17th December 1997


SCHEDULE 1
Article 2

Class of fireplace

Conditions

The Talbott's Combustion Units, models CM1, CM2, CM3 and CM4, manufactured by Talbott's Heating Limited.

1. The fireplaces shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions dated August 1997 and bearing the reference "Issue: CM897".

2. No fuel shall be used other than woodwaste, pallets, medium density fibreboard, melamine faced chipboard, cardboard, paper or untreated and airdried wood offcuts.

SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


PART I


ENGLAND AND WALES

1. In Column (2) of the Schedule to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 3) Order 1983[2], at the end of condition 2 there shall be added:


" or Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent."

2. - (1) The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1984[3] shall be amended as follows.

(2) After article 2(2) there shall be added the following paragraph:

" (3) For the purpose of the conditions set out in paragraph (2), Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent, shall be treated as a fuel which may be used in accordance with the relevant manufacturer's instructions for the Parkray Coalmaster II fireplace, the SE60 Coalburner Stove fireplace and the Worcester Centair 40 Solid Fuel Warm Air Heater fireplace.".


(3) In the second column in the Schedule to that Order, for "operating instructions and installation and maintenance instructions: reference""BC40.1.1. July 1982" (manufacturer's instructions for the Worcester Centair 40 Solid Fuel Warm Air Heater fireplace) there shall be substituted:

" (a) installation instructions: reference "BC40.1.2 July 1983";

(b) operating and maintenance instructions: reference "BC40.OM2 July 1983"."

PART II


SCOTLAND

3. In Column (2) of Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 1983[4], at the end of condition 2 there shall be added:


" or Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent."

4. In Column (2) of the Schedule to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 1984[5], at the end of condition 2 of the conditions specified against the second class of fireplace listed in Column (1) (the Parkray Coalmaster II fireplace) there shall be added:

" or Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent."

5. - (1) Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 1985[6] shall be amended as follows.

(2) At the end of condition 1 specified in Column (2) of Schedule 1 against the first class of fireplace described in Column (1) (the SE Coalburner Stove fireplace), there shall be added:

" , and, for the purpose of this condition, Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent, shall be treated as a fuel which may be used in accordance with those manufacturer's instructions."



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 generally prohibits the emission of smoke in smoke control areas. The Secretary of State may by order made under section 21 of the Act exempt specified classes of fireplace from the provisions of section 20 if he is satisfied that they can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke.

Article 2 of this Order exempts the classes of fireplace listed in the first column of Schedule 1 from the provisions of section 20, subject to the conditions listed in the second column of that Schedule. Article 3 of the Order amends the earlier Exempted Fireplaces Orders referred to in Schedule 2 so as to allow solid fuel briquettes manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany to be used in certain exempted fireplaces.


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Notes:

[1] 1993 c.11.back
[2] S.I. 1983/1018.back

[3] S.I. 1984/1649, amended by S.I. 1985/864.back

[4] S.I. 1983/1573.back

[5] S.I. 1984/1805, amended by S.I. 1985/315.back

[6] S.I. 1985/315.back


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Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1108
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1996

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© Crown Copyright 1996

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