Operation Manual

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Attention
Check the stove before installation to ensure that there has been no damage to the
functional parts (air regulators, seals, door, chimney connector, etc.) during transportation.
If you have noticed damage, please contact our customer service. The stove must not be
modified in any way.
“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 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).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Secretary of State in
accordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section
15 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Similarly in Scotland appliances are exempted by
publication on a list by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform
(Scotland) Act 2014.
In Wales and Northern Ireland these are authorised by regulations made by Welsh
Ministers and by the Department of the Environment respectively.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including the
designation and supervision of smoke control areas and you can contact them for details
of Clean Air Act requirements”
The Opus Melody has been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control
areas when burning wood fuel when fitted with the approved DEFRA upgrade kit.