EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013 No. 198), and subsequently re-instate the provisions.
In addition, a number of new classes of fireplace are declared exempt from the provisions of Article 17 of the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/158 (N.I.4)). The list of all exempted fireplaces can be found in the Schedule to these Regulations.