Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Classes of Fireplace) (Wales) Order 2017 and it comes into force on 7 April 2017.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Classes of fireplace exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993

2.  Any class of fireplace described in the first column of the table in the Schedule is, upon the condition or conditions specified in the Schedule in relation to that fireplace, exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (prohibition of smoke emissions in smoke control area).

Revocation

3.  The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Wales) Order 2016(1) is revoked.

Carwyn Jones

First Minister of Wales

15th March 2017