2019 No. 932 (W. 163)

Clean Air, Wales

The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the power conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 19931, make the following Regulations.

Title and commencement1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

2

These Regulations come into force on 5 June 2019.

Amendment of the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 20192

In the Welsh text of the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 20192, in the Schedule, in paragraph 71(c), for “150” substitute “130”.

Lesley GriffithsMinister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/50 (W. 15)) (“the 2019 Regulations”).

These Regulations correct a typographical error in the Welsh text of the 2019 Regulations.

The 2019 Regulations specify all fuels which are currently authorised for use in smoke control areas in Wales for the purposes of section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.