Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2892
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1991
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 2892
CLEAN AIR
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1991
| Laid before Parliament | 6th January 1992 |
| Coming into force | 27th January 1992 |
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) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 27th January 1992.
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
17th December 1991
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
17th December 1991
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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