The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020

PART 1 Introduction

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations come into force—

(a) for the purposes of making appointments under regulation 5 or 11 (approved bodies), on the day after the day on which they are made;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2021.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“domestic premises” means premises which are used wholly or mainly as a private dwelling, including boats designed or adapted for use solely as a place of permanent habitation;

“relevant solid fuel” means—

(a)

a relevant unit of wood within the meaning of Part 2;

(b)

a relevant amount of wood within the meaning of Part 3;

(c)

a manufactured solid fuel within the meaning of Part 4;

(d)

bituminous coal within the meaning of Part 5.

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) a person supplies a relevant solid fuel if the person supplies such a fuel by way of sale from or by means of—

(i) any retail premises, whether movable or immovable;

(ii) a retail website or similar online sales facility;

(iii) a telephone service; or

(iv) any other place or method of sale,

and for these purposes the supply is to be taken to have occurred at the point of sale, or if later, on the dispatch of the fuel;

(b) a person who supplies a relevant solid fuel is a supplier.