The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made: 8th March 2010

Laid before Parliament: 12th March 2010

Coming into force: 6th April 2010

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 1993[^f00001]:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.

Amendment

2

In Schedule 1 (authorised fuels) to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008[^f00002], after paragraph 22 insert—

(22A) Homefire Fire Logs, manufactured by De Lange B.V., Rustenburgerweg 3, 1646 WJ Ursem, the Netherlands, which— (a) comprise slackwax (as to approximately 50% of the total weight) and sawdust (as to approximately 50% of the total weight); (b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process of heat treatment and extrusion; (c) are firelogs approximately 280 millimetres in length and 75 millimetres x 75 millimetres with a single groove running along each of the four 280 millimetre length faces; (d) have an average weight of 1.1 kilograms per firelog; and (e) have a sulphur content not exceeding 0.2% of the total weight.

Signed

Jim Fitzpatrick — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 8th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations further amend the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/514) to add another authorised fuel (Homefire Fire Logs).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business, the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c. 11.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2008/514 as amended by S.I. 2008/2342 and S.I. 2009/2191.