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suitable smokeless fuels. An assurance has been given on behalf of the
Government that all possible steps will be taken to increase the output of
smokeless fuels to meet the increased demands for them.
Grants towards adaptations or alterations
Owners or occupiers of domestic premises in a Smoke Control Area
may apply for a grant towards the cost of any necessary alterations or
adaptations to their existing equipment, to enable them to use an
authorised fuel. The work must have the approval of the City Council
and the expense must be incurred after the confirmation of the order
but before it comes into operation. The amount of grant which can
be claimed is 70 per cent, of the total cost incurred; forty per cent, of
this total is subsequently recoverable by the local authority from the
Central Government. The Council is empowered, in certain cases, to
pay the full cost of conversion.
Smoke Control (Exempted Fireplaces) Order, 1959
This Order came into operation in July, 1959, and exempts from the
provisions of Section 11 of the Clean Air Act (the Section which provides
for the designation of Smoke Control Areas) those furnaces installed
after 31st December, 1956, which are equipped with mechanical stoking
apparatus but do not burn pulverised fuel, as long as they are operated
and maintained so as to minimise the emission of smoke and burn the fuel
for which they were designed.
Two proprietary types of appliances are granted similar exemption
under the Order, namely the solid fuel "Ductair" unit, and the"Fulgora"
slow combustion stove (used for burning wood shavings, etc.).
Mechanically stoked furnaces capable of working as smokelessly as
those exempted by the Order, but which were installed before
31st December, 1956, can also be exempted individually on similar
conditions.
London Building (Constructional) Amending Byelaw, 1960
During 1960 the London County Council byelaw under the London
Building Act (Amendment) Act, 1935, and the Clean Air Act, 1956, came
into operation and requires that every new building shall be provided
with either such appliances for heating or cooking as are suitably designed
for burning gas, electricity, coke, or anthracite, or appliances of a
description exempted by an Order in force under the Clean Air Act.