The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1997

5.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 1985(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) At the end of condition 1 specified in Column (2) of Schedule 1 against the first class of fireplace described in Column (1) (the SE Coalburner Stove fireplace), there shall be added:

• “, and, for the purpose of this condition, Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent, shall be treated as a fuel which may be used in accordance with those manufacturer’s instructions.”

(3) The following entry shall be added to Schedule 1:

(1)	(2)
Class of fireplace	Conditions
The Worcester Centair 40 Solid Fuel Warm Air Heater manufactured by Worcester Engineering Co. Limited	1.  The fireplace shall be installed, maintained and operated so as to minimise the emission of smoke at all times and in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions which— (a) in the case of installation instructions bear the reference “BC40.1.2 July 1983”; and (b) in the case of operating and maintenance instructions, bear the reference “BC40.OM2 July 1983”, and, for the purpose of this condition, Union Coal Briketts, manufactured by Rheinbraun AG of Germany and comprising lignite compressed into briquettes of approximately 15 centimetres in length with square ends and with a sulphur content not exceeding 1 per cent, shall be treated as a fuel which may be used in accordance with those manufacturer’s instructions.

(1)

S.I. 1985/315.