Clean Air Act 1956

14 Interpretation of two last preceding sections

(1) In the two last preceding sections, references to adaptations in or in connection with a dwelling to avoid contraventions of section eleven of this Act shall be construed as references to the execution of any of the following works (whether in or outside the dwelling), that is to say—

(a) adapting or converting any fireplace ; or

(b) replacing any fireplace by another fireplace or by some other means of heating or cooking; or

(c) altering any flue or chimney which serves any fireplace ; or

(d) carrying out any operation incidental to any of the operations aforesaid,

being works which are reasonably necessary in order to make what is in all the circumstances suitable provision for heating and cooking without contraventions of the said section eleven:

Provided that, except for the purposes of subsection (2) of section twelve of this Act, works which make such suitable provision as aforesaid shall not be deemed to be other than adaptations to avoid contraventions of the said section eleven by reason that they go beyond what is reasonably necessary for that purpose, but any expenditure incurred in executing them in excess of the expenditure which would have been reasonably incurred in doing what was reasonably necessary shall be left out of account.

(2) In the two last preceding sections, references to expenses incurred in the execution of works include references to the cost of any fixed cooking or heating appliance installed by means of the execution of the works, notwithstanding that the appliance can be readily removed from the dwelling without injury to itself or the fabric of the dwelling; and for the purposes of the two last preceding sections, a person who enters into a hire-purchase agreement for the letting to him of a cooking or heating appliance shall be treated as having incurred on the date of the agreement expenditure of an amount equal to the price which would have been payable therefor if he had purchased it for cash on that date.