Specifications

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eVo5MS07‐11  08/07/2011
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TheCleanAirAct1993andSmokeControlAreas
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UndertheCleanAirActlocalauthoritiesmaydeclarethewholeorpartofthedistrictofthe
authoritytobeasmokecontrolarea.Itisanoffencetoemitsmokefromachimneyof
abuilding,
fromafurnaceorfromanyfixedboileriflocatedinadesignatedsmokecontrolarea.Itisalsoan
offencetoacquirean"unauthorisedfuel"forusewithinasmokecontrolareaunlessitisusedinan
"exempt"appliance("exempted"fromthecontrolswhichgenerallyapplyin
thesmokecontrolarea).
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TheSecretaryofStateforEnvironment,FoodandRuralAffairshaspowersundertheActto
authorisesmokelessfuelsorexemptappliancesforuseinsmokecontrolareasinEngland.In
ScotlandandWalesthispowerrestswithMinistersinthedevolvedadministrationsforthose
countries.
Separatelegislation,theCleanAir(NorthernIreland)Order1981,appliesinNorthern
Ireland.Thereforeitisarequirementthatfuelsburntorobtainedforuseinsmokecontrolareas
havebeen"authorised"inRegulationsandthatappliancesusedtoburnsolidfuelinthoseareas
(otherthan"authorised"fuels)have
beenexemptedbyanOrdermadeandsignedbytheSecretary
ofStateorMinisterinthedevolvedadministrations.
FurtherinformationontherequirementsoftheCleanAirActcanbefoundhere:
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http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/
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YourlocalauthorityisresponsibleforimplementingtheCleanAirAct1993includingdesignationand
supervisionofsmokecontrolareasandyoucancontactthemfordetailsofCleanAirAct
requirements.
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Commission/Handover
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Ensureloosepartsarefittedinaccordancewiththeinstructionsfor“Assembly”givenabove.
Oncompletionoftheinstallationallowasuitableperiodoftimeforanyfirecementandmortarto
dryout,whenasmallfiremaybelitandcheckedtoensurethesmokeandfumesare
takenfromthe
stoveupthechimneyandemittedsafelytoatmosphere.Donotrunatfulloutputforatleast24
hours.
Oncompletionoftheinstallationandcommissioning,ensurethatthisinstallationandoperation
manualforthestoveisleftwiththecustomer.Ensurethatthecustomerisaware
ofthecorrectuse
oftheappliancewiththefuelslikelytobeusedonthestoveandwarnthemtouseonlythe
recommendedfuelsforthestove.
Advisetheuserwhattodoshouldsmokeorfumesbeemittedfromthestove.Thecustomershould
bewarnedto
useafireguardtoBS6539inthepresenceofchildren,agedand/orinfirmpersons.
Advisetheusernottofitanextractorfaninthesameroo masthestove,asthiscancausethestove
toemitfumesintotheroom.
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