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It is also recommended that a smoke alarm and appropriate fire safety
equipment such as a fire extinguisher and fire blanket are installed in the kitchen
as a safety precaution and also a carbon monoxide detector as stated in
Approved Document J of the Building Regulations.
An adequate air supply for combustion and ventilation is required. A purpose
provided air vent maybe necessary. Air openings provided for this purpose must
not be restricted. An external air kit is available.
HETAS product approval only covers this appliance when installed
conventionally in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and current
relevant standards and guidance. When installed using ducted combustion air
supply, responsibility for the correct operation of the appliance and for
appropriate manufacturer’s instructions is carried by the appliance
manufacturer, as allowed for under the Building Regulations.
THE CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 AND SMOKE CONTROLLED
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 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).
The Secretary of State for The Department of Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA) 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.