The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (No. 2) Regulations 1987

Made14th December 1987

Laid before Parliament22nd December 1987

Coming into force12th January 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1)1 of the Clean Air Act 19562 and now vested in him3, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (No. 2) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 12th January 1988.

2

These Regulations shall extend to England and Wales.

Authorised fuels for purposes of the Clean Air Act 19562

The fuels described in the Schedule to these Regulations, having—

a

the maximum sulphur content,

b

the minimum and maximum gross calorific values, and

c

the minimum and maximum contents of ash, volatile matter and fixed carbon

specified in relation to them in the said Schedule, are hereby declared to be authorised fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1956.

Nicholas RidleyOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State14th December 1987

SCHEDULEAUTHORISED FUELS

Regulation 2

Trade name and manufacturer	Maximum sulphur content expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the fuel
Minimum and maximum gross calorific value in Kilojoules/Kilogramme
Minimum	Maximum
Minimum and maximum contents of ash, volatile matter and fixed carbon expressed as percentages of the total weight of the fuel analysed on an air dried basis
Ash
Minimum	Maximum
Volatile matter
Minimum	Maximum
Fixed carbon
Minimum	Maximum
Sovereign Briquette manufactured by Flexifuels International Limited	2.0	28,000	31,500	6.0	10.0	7.3	11.8	76.0	85.0
Flamelite manufactured by Alfred McAlpine Energy Limited	2.0	31,820	34,160	3.9	8.8	8.3	10.0	82.9	86.1

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 makes the occupier of a building within a smoke control area guilty of an offence if smoke is emitted from the chimney of that building, unless it can be proved that the emission of smoke was caused solely by the use of an authorised fuel. These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, declare Sovereign Briquette and Flamelite to be authorised fuels.