These Regulations revoke and replace with amendments the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011. The Regulations list fuels to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Article 2(2) of the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

Six additional fuels are authorised (Schedule, paragraphs 15, 22, 25, 32, 39 and 42). There is an amendment to previous entries for Briteheat briquettes and Stoveheat Premium briquettes. They are brand names for the same product and are now listed together (Schedule, paragraph 10).

The Regulations contain a savings provision to provide that stocks of authorised fuels manufactured before these Regulations came into operation remain as authorised fuels (regulation 3(2)).