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Building Byelaw 115A, made under the Clean Air Act, 1956—
Section 24.
The heating of new buildings may be effected by either,
(a) furnaces installed after notification to the local authority,
and otherwise complying with Section 3 of the Clean Air
Act, 1956, or
(b) appliances, of the following classes, being those which arc
exempted in Smoke Control Areas,
(i) any "fireplace" specially designed or adapted for
the combustion of liquid fuel,
(ii) any "fireplace" equipped with a mechanical
stoker,
(iii) the Solid Fuel Ductair Unit,
(iv) the Fulgora Slow Combustion Stove (designed to
burn woodwaste), or,
(c) appliances for heating or cooking which are suitably designed
for burning gas, electricity, coke, or anthracite.
Appliances in the last category should either be amongst those
included in the Gas Council's List of Tested and Approved Domestic
Gas Appliances, the List of Recommended Domestic Electrical
Appliances compiled by the Electrical Development Association, or
the List of Approved Domestic Solid Fuel Appliances prepared by
the Coal Utilisation Council and the Solid Smokeless Fuels Federation.
Alternatively, stool-bottom grates for use with solid smokeless
fuel should comply with British Standard 1251-1945 (amended 1949)
which makes recommendations as to firebacks, fuel capacities, ash pits
and ash pans, and what is of critical importance, as to the air space
between firebars, the means of air control, and the provision for gas
ignition.
New buildings, erected during the year, in which the heating and
cooking arrangements were fitted in accordance with this byelaw
under the supervision of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor's Department
were as follows:—
Privately built dwellings 171
Council built dwellings 24
2. THE PETROLEUM REGULATION ACTS. From the
1st January, 1960, all premises requiring to be licensed for the storage
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