Clean Air Act 1993
Clean Air Act 1993 (1993 c. 11)
- Clean Air Act 1993 (1993 c. 11)
- Part I Dark Smoke
- 1 Prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys.
- 2 Prohibition of dark smoke from industrial or trade premises.
- 3 Meaning of “dark smoke”.
- Part II Smoke, grit, dust and fumes
- Installation of furnaces
- 4 Requirement that new furnaces shall be so far as practicable smokeless.
- Limits on rate of emission of grit and dust
- 5 Emission of grit and dust from furnaces.
- Arrestment plant for furnaces
- 6 Arrestment plant for new non-domestic furnaces.
- 7 Exemptions from section 6.
- 8 Requirement to fit arrestment plant for burning solid fuel in other cases.
- 9 Appeal to Secretary of State against refusal of approval.
- Measurement of grit, dust and fumes
- 10 Measurement of grit, dust and fumes by occupiers.
- 11 Measurement of grit, dust and fumes by local authorities.
- 12 Information about furnaces and fuel consumed.
- Outdoor furnaces
- 13 Grit and dust from outdoor furnaces, etc.
- Height of chimneys
- 14 Height of chimneys for furnaces.
- 15 Applications for approval of height of chimneys of furnaces.
- 16 Height of other chimneys.
- Smoke nuisances in Scotland
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- Part III Smoke control areas
- Creation of smoke control areas
- 18 Declaration of smoke control area by local authority.
- 19 Power of Secretary of State to require creation of smoke control areas.
- 19 Power of Secretary of State to require creation of smoke control areas.
- Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas in England
- 19A Penalty for emission of smoke in smoke control area in England
- 19B Acquisition and sale of controlled solid fuel in England
- 19C Exemptions relating to particular areas in England
- 19D Interpretation: “approved fireplace” and “controlled solid fuel”
- Regulation of smoke and fuel in smoke control areas in Wales
- 19E Penalty for emission of smoke in smoke control area in Wales
- 19F Acquisition and sale of unauthorised fuel: Wales
- 19G Section 19F: interpretation
- 19H Exemptions relating to particular areas in Wales
- Prohibition on emission of smoke in smoke control area
- 20 Prohibition on emission of smoke in smoke control area.
- 21 Power ... to exempt certain fireplaces.
- 22 Exemptions relating to particular areas.
- Dealings with unauthorised fuel
- 23 Acquisition and sale of unauthorised fuel in a smoke control area.
- Adaptation of fireplaces
- 24 Power of local authority to require adaptation of fireplaces in private dwellings.
- 25 Expenditure incurred in relation to adaptations in private dwellings.
- 26 Power of local authority to make grants towards adaptations to fireplaces in churches, chapels, buildings used by charities etc.
- 26A Duty of local authority to reimburse for adaptations of vessels in England
- Supplementary provisions
- 27 References to adaptations for avoiding contraventions of ... Schedule 1A.
- 28 Cases where expenditure is taken to be incurred on execution of works.
- 28A Guidance for local authorities in England
- 28B Guidance for local authorities in Wales
- 29 Interpretation of Part III.
- Part IV Control of certain forms of air pollution
- 30 Regulations about motor fuel.
- 31 Regulations about sulphur content of oil fuel for furnaces or engines.
- 31 Regulations about sulphur content of oil fuel for furnaces or engines.
- 32 Provisions supplementary to sections 30 and 31.
- 33 Cable burning.
- Part V Information about air pollution
- 34 Research and publicity.
- 35 Obtaining information.
- 36 Notices requiring information about air pollution.
- 37 Appeals against notices under section 36.
- 38 Regulations about local authority functions under sections 34, 35 and 36.
- 39 Provision by local authorities of information for Secretary of State.
- 40 Interpretation of Part V.
- Part VI Special Cases
- 41 Relation to Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- 41A Relation to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
- 42 Colliery spoilbanks.
- 43 Railway engines.
- 44 Vessels.
- 45 Exemption for purposes of investigations and research.
- 46 Crown premises, etc.
- Part VII Miscellaneous and general
- Power to apply certain provisions to fumes and gases
- 47 Application to fumes and gases of certain provisions as to grit, dust and smoke.
- Power to give effect to international agreements
- 48 Power to give effect to international agreements.
- Administration and enforcement
- 49 Unjustified disclosures of information.
- 50 Cumulative penalties on continuance of certain offences.
- 51 Duty to notify occupiers of offences.
- 52 Offences committed by bodies corporate.
- 53 Offence due to act or default of another.
- 54 Power of county court to authorise works and order payments.
- 55 General provisions as to enforcement.
- 56 Rights of entry and inspection etc.
- 57 Provisions supplementary to section 56.
- 58 Power of local authorities to obtain information.
- 59 Inquiries.
- 60 Default powers.
- 60 Default powers.
- 61 Joint exercise of local authority functions.
- 62 Application of certain provisions of Part XII of Public Health Act 1936 and corresponding Scottish legislation.
- General
- 63 Regulations and orders.
- 64 General provisions as to interpretation.
- 65 Application to Isles of Scilly.
- 66 Transitory provisions relating to Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906.
- 67 Consequential amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.
- 68 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Coming into Operation of Smoke Control Orders
- SCHEDULE 1A Penalty for emission of smoke in smoke control area in England or Wales
- Key definitions
- Notice of intent
- Amount of penalty
- Right to object to proposed financial penalty
- Decision regarding a final notice
- Final notice
- Withdrawal or amendment of notices
- Appeals
- Recovery of penalties
- Delegation
- Notices
- Notices: vessels which are moored
- SCHEDULE 2 Smoke control orders: expenditure on old private dwellings
- Grants for expenditure incurred in adaptation of fireplaces
- Exclusion of grants in case of unsuitable appliances
- Exchequer contributions to certain expenditure
- SCHEDULE 3 Provisions having effect until repeal of Alkali, &c Works Regulation Act 1906
- Part I Relation of this Act to Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906
- Part II Modifications of this Act
- SCHEDULE 4 Consequential amendments
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)
- The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)
- The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22)
- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
- The Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 (c. 46)
- The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (c. 12)
- SCHEDULE 5 Transitional provisions
- Part I General transitional provisions and savings
- Continuity of the law
- General saving for old transitional provisions and savings
- Part II Exclusion and modification of certain provisions of this Act
- Requirements to fit arrestment plant: sections 6 & 8
- Height of chimneys for furnaces: section 14
- Smoke control orders
- Colliery spoilbanks: section 42
- Part III Confirmation and coming into operation of certain smoke control orders
- SCHEDULE 6 Repeals
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
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