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2001 No. 3996 (W.327)

CLEAN AIR, WALES

The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

  Made 13th December 2001 
  Coming into force 17th December 2001 

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 20(6) and 63(1) of the Clean Air Act 1993 [1] and now vested in it [2], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, and application
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

    (2) These Regulations shall come into force on 17 December 2001

    (3) These Regulations apply to Wales only.

Authorised Fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1993
     2.  - (1) Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2001[3] shall be amended as follows:

    (2) After paragraph 5 there shall be inserted



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[4]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

13th December 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


Section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 ("the Act") provides that where smoke is emitted from a chimney in a smoke control area, and that chimney is either - 

the occupier of the building or, as the case may be, the person having possession of the boiler or plant, is guilty of an offence. It is a defence to show that the alleged emission was caused solely by the use of an authorised fuel.

Under section 20(6) of the Act the National Assembly for Wales may, by regulations, declare a fuel to be an authorised fuel for that purpose.

These Regulations, which apply to Wales, amend the Smoke Control (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2001 so that Bord na Móna Firepak briquettes (also marketed as Arigna Special coal briquettes), are an additional authorised fuel.

Notes:

 [1] 1993 c.11.back

[2] The powers of the Secretary of State in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales: see Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)back

[3] S.I. 2001/3762 (W.311)back

[4] 1998 c.38back


Cymraeg (Welsh)


ISBN 0 11090407 9


  Prepared 23 January 2002

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