Citation, commencement and extent1

1

This Order may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 28th June 1999.

2

This Order applies to England and Wales only.

Classes of fireplace exempted from section 20 of the Clean Air Act 19932

The classes of fireplace described in the Schedule shall, upon the conditions there specified, be exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (which prohibits smoke emissions in smoke control areas).

Amendment of earlier Order3

In the Schedule to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 19962, in the entry relating to the Dovre woodstove fireplaces, for the description “The Dovre woodstove models 500G and 700G manufactured by Dovre Castings Limited” there shall be substituted “The Dovre woodstove models 500CBW and 700CBW manufactured by Dovre Castings Limited, including those models when referred to by their former reference numbers, 500G and 700G respectively.”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Michael MeacherMinister of State,Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions