ChilliP-A5-Eco-Manual-2020-Download

“The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas”
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oencetoemitsmokefromachimney
ofabuilding,fromafurnaceorfromanyxedboileriflocatedinadesignatedsmoke
controlarea.Itisalsoanoence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).
TheSecretaryofStateforEnvironment,FoodandRuralAairs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:
www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
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.
www.chillipenguin.co.uk
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Chilli Penguin Eco design stoves are classed as exempt stoves which means you can
use them in smoke control areas.
Ifyouliveinasmokecontrolarea(introducedbyTheCleanAirAct,1993,seebelow)
youarepermittedtoburnapprovedsmokelessfuelonly,thisdoesnotincludewood.
HoweverifyouuseanExemptmultifuelstovethenyoucanburnbothseasonedwood
andapprovedsmokelessfuels.NEVERBURNHOUSECOALinaclosedappliancelikea
stove.
Theappliancesarenotexemptedwhenburningwoodbriquettesorpaperbricksor
unauthorisedfuels.
ThegeneralprincipletobeobservedinanExemptchillipenguinstoveisthattheair
controlscannotbecompletelyclosed,allowingapermanentairsupplytothere
chamber.Thismeansthatfuelburnsmoreeciently,therebyemittinglessharmful
emissionsintotheatmosphere.Thisadaptationisfactoryttedintheecoseries.
3.c Smoke Control Areas and Exemption of Appliances
The Chilli Penguin Ecodesign stoves; the Woody Eco (Cat), the Woody Eco (Multi fuel),
the Short Penguin Eco, the Hungry Penguin Eco, Fat Penguin Eco, the High and Mighty
Eco and Chubby 5 Eco are fitted with a permanent stop preventing closure of the
secondary air control for DEFRA exemption.