The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 13th February 1992.

Authorised fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1956

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

(2) In paragraph 3 after the words “Anthranor briquettes” there shall be inserted the words “and Energlo briquettes”.

(3) After paragraph 13 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–

“13A.   Maxiflame briquettes, manufactured by Maxibrite Limited at Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan, which–

(a) comprise anthracite fines (as to approximately 99 per cent of the total weight) and bitumen as binder (as to the remaining weight);

(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll-pressing and heat treatment at between 270°C and 300°C;

(c) are cushion-shaped briquettes marked with the letters “MF” and have an average weight of 80 grammes; and

(d) have a sulphur content of approximately 1 per cent of the total weight.

13B.   New Flame briquettes, manufactured by Maxibrite Limited at Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan, which–

(a) comprise anthracite fines and coal blends (as to 60 to 80 per cent of the total weight), petroleum coke (as to 20 to 40 per cent of the total weight), and bitumen (as to the remaining weight);

(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll-pressing and heat treatment at between 270°C and 300°C;

(c) are cushion-shaped briquettes and have an average weight of 80 grammes; and

(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 1.5 per cent of the total weight.”

(4) In paragraph 16(c) for the words “90 grammes” there shall be substituted the words “22 or 69 grammes”.

(5) After paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph–

“16A.   Roomheat briquettes, manufactured by Coal Products Limited at Immingham Briquetting Works, Immingham, Humberside, which–

(a) comprise anthracite duff (as to approximately 57 per cent of the total weight), petroleum coke (as to approximately 17 per cent of the total weight), bituminous coal (as to approximately 13 per cent of the total weight) and molasses and phosphoric acid as binder (as to the remaining weight);

(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll-pressing and heat treatment at about 300°C;

(c) are pillow-shaped briquettes with two parallel indented lines running latitudinally around the briquette and have an average weight of 135 grammes; and

(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 1.5 per cent of the total weight.”

Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

10th January 1992

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

14th January 1992