Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2457
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 1990
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1990 No. 2457
CLEAN AIR
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (No. 2) Order 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
Notes:[1] See the definition of "the Minister" in section 34(1). The powers of the Minister as respects England and Wales are now vested in the Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681.
[2] 1956 c. 52.
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