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Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations, Nos. 1, 2,
3 and 4, 1971.
These Regulations were made under s.34(l) of the Clean Air
Act, 1956. Section 11 of that Act makes it an offence to emit
smoke from a chimney of a building within a smoke control
area unless it can be shown that the emission of smoke was not
caused by the use of any fuel other than an authorised fuel. The
Regulations declare "Ancit", "XL" and "Fireflo" briquettes and
"Anthrite", "Anthracine", Extracite" and "Syntracite" ovoids to
be authorised fuels.
The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order, 1971.
This Order was made under s.11(4) and (8) of the Clean Air
Act, 1956. Local authorities are empowered under Section 11 of
the principal Act to declare the whole or any part of their district
to be a smoke control area in which the emission of smoke is,
generally, prohibited. This Order exempts the Rayburn CB 34
from the provisions of that section, upon conditions as to proper
operation.
Clean Air Acts, 1956 and 1968
Smoke Control Areas
Little Heath, St. Nicholas, Woolwich Town Centre and Thamesmead.
The above Smoke Control Orders were confirmed at the end
of April 1970 but, following a request made by the Solid Smokeless
Fuels Federation, the operative date was postponed from 1st
December, 1970, to 1st July, 1971.
Plumstead No. 2, Page Estate, Riverside, Royal Arsenal Western
Enclave, Nathan Way and Abbey Wood No. 4 Smoke Control
Areas.
Smoke Control Orders for the above-mentioned areas were
confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Environment during
the current year and they will operate from 1st July, 1972. Particulars
of these areas were given in last year's Report and, as a
result of the confirmations, the Borough as a whole is now Smoke
Controlled.
Details of the Borough's 43 Smoke Control Orders, comprising