Clean Air Act 1956

1Prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys

2Temporary exemptions from section one

Smoke from furnaces

3Requirement that new furnaces shall be so far as practicable smokeless

4Density meters, &c

Grit and Dust from furnaces

5Requirement that grit and dust from furnaces shall be minimised

6Requirement that new furnaces shall be fitted with plant to arrest grit and dust

7Measurement of grit and dust emitted from furnaces

8Information about furnaces and fuel consumed

9Grit and dust from outdoor furnaces, &c

10Height of chimneys

Smoke control areas

11Smoke control areas

12Adaptation of fireplaces in private dwellings

13Exchequer contributions

14Interpretation of two last preceding sections

15Power of local authority to make grants towards adaptations to fireplaces in churches, chapels, buildings used by charities, &c

Smoke nuisances

16Abatement of smoke nuisances

17Relation to, and amendment of, Alkali Act

18Colliery spoilbanks

19Railway engines

21Exemption for purposes of investigations and research

22Crown premises, &c

Clean Air Council

23Clean Air Council

Miscellaneous provisions

24Building byelaws

25Powers of local authorities as to research and publicity

26Unjustified disclosures of information

28Power of county court to authorise works and order payments

30Duty to notify occupiers of offences

31Application of Public Health Act, 1936, &c

32Application of Act to London

33Regulations, orders and administrative expenses

34Interpretation

35Repeals and transitional provisions

36Provisions as to Northern Ireland

37Short title and commencement

FIRST SCHEDULEConfirmation and coming into operation of orders of local authorities under section eleven

1In this Schedule "order" means an order made by a...

2After making an order, the local authority shall publish in...

3Besides publishing such a notice as aforesaid, the local authority...

4If no objection is duly made to the Minister within...

5Subsections (2) to (5) of section two hundred and ninety...

6An order when confirmed shall come into operation on such...

7In the application of this Schedule to Scotland, for any...

SECOND SCHEDULEAmendments of Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act, 1906

THIRD SCHEDULEModifications of, and Provisions Supplementary to, Public Health Acts, &c

PART IPublic Health Act, 1936

1Section two hundred and eighty-seven (which confers a power of...

2Section two hundred and ninety-seven shall have effect as if...

3Sections three hundred and seventeen, three hundred and nineteen, three...

PART IIPublic Health (London) Act, 1936

1The local authorities for the purposes of the provisions of...

2Section three (which confers jurisdiction on sanitary authorities over ships...

3The sanitary authority, the county council and the port health...

4Paragraph 3 of this Part of this Schedule shall apply...

PART IIIScottish Enactments

Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897

Housing (Scotland) Act, 1950

FOURTH SCHEDULEEnactments Repealed

Clean Air Act 1956

1956 Chapter 52

An Act to make provision for abating the pollution of the air.

[5th July, 1956]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—