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Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1394

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 1394

CLEAN AIR

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1987

Made5th August 1987
Laid before Parliament12th August 1987
Coming into force2nd September 1987

    The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 class 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 1987 and shall come into force on 2nd September 1987.

        (2)  This Order shall extend to England and Wales.
    Class of fireplace exempted from section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956
        2.    The class of fireplace described in the Schedule to this Order 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).


Notes:

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

[2] 1956 c. 52.

[3] S.I. 1970/1681.

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