Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2282

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1988

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1988 No. 2282

CLEAN AIR

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11(4) and 33(1)^[1] of the Clean Air Act 1956^[2] , and now vested in him^[3] , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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 makes the following Order:

Title, commencement and extent
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 31st January 1989.

    (2)  This Order shall extend to England and Wales.

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).

Revocation of Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1987
    3.    The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1987^[4] is hereby revoked.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

23rd December 1988

[1] See the definition of "Minister" in section 34(1). back

[2] 1956 c. 52. back

[3] S.I. 1970/1681. back

[4] S.I. 1987/1394. back

Explanatory Note