2016 No. 293

Clean Air

The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2016

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 19931 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2016 and come into force on 31st October 2016.

Revocation2

The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 20142 are revoked.

R CUNNINGHAMA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”). The 2014 Regulations declared specified fuels to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Part III of the Clean Air Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”).

The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 inserted subsections (5A) to (5C) into section 20 of the 1993 Act, which allow for fuels to be authorised by being included in a list kept by the Scottish Ministers and published in such manner as they consider appropriate. That list is published at www.scottishairquality.co.uk. Consequently, the 2014 Regulations are no longer required.

No Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for these Regulations as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.