Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1769

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 1769

CLEAN AIR

The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1989

Made	28th September 1989

Laid before Parliament

9th October 1989

Coming into force

30th October 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11(4) and 34(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 1989 and shall come into force on 30th October 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).

Chris Patten

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

28th September 1989

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Notes:

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

[2] 1956 c. 52.

[3] S.I. 1970/1681.

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