The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.

(2) These Regulations apply to Wales only.

Authorised Fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1993

2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended as follows:

(2) For paragraph 8(a) substitute —

“(a) Coal Products Limited at Cwm Coking Works, Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan and sold as “Sunbrite”,”.

(3) In paragraph 8AA(2), for “, which” substitute “and Aimcor Supercoke (also marketed as Supercoke), manufactured by M & G Fuels Limited at Hartlepool Docks, Hartlepool, Cleveland, which (in each case)”.

(4) After paragraph 17A(3) insert—

“17AB.    Supabrite Coke Doubles, manufactured by H.J. Banks & Company Limited at Inkerman Road Depot, Tow Law, County Durham, which —

(a) comprise metallurgical coke (as to approximately 40 to 60 per cent of the total weight) and petroleum coke (as to the remaining weight);

(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving blending and screening;

(c) are unmarked random shapes; and

(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 1.95 per cent of the total weight.”.

(5) In paragraphs 18, 18A(4) and 19, for “Thermac Fuels Limited” in each place substitute “Coal Products Limited”.

(6) For paragraph 18B(c)(5) substitute —

“(c) are pillow-shaped briquettes marked with a single indented line running longitudinally along each face, offset from its counterpart by 10 millimetres or unmarked, and in either case have an average weight of 75 grammes; and”.

Savings

3.  Notwithstanding the amendments made by regulation 2(2) and (5), Sunbrite and Beacon Beans coke manufactured before the coming into force of these Regulations at Avenue Coking and Chemical Works, Wingerworth, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire and Supertherm, Supertherm II and Thermac briquettes manufactured before that date by Thermac Fuels Limited shall continue to be authorised fuels.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(6).

Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

28th November 2000