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(b) replacing any fireplace by another fireplace or by some other
means of heating or cooking: or
(c) altering any flue or chimney which serves any fireplace; or
(d) carrying out any operation incidental to any of the operations
aforesaid,
being works which are reasonably necessary in order to make what is in
all the circumstances suitable provision for heating and cooking without
contraventions of the said section eleven. Expenses include the cost
of fixing appliances even though they may be easily removed without
damage to the fabric of the building. Appliances purchased under a
hire purchase agreement will qualify for payment as if the cash price of
the appliance had been paid on the date of the agreement.
SECTION 15 (Power of local authority to make grants towards adaptations
to fireplaces in churches, chapels, buildings used by charities, &c.)
gives local authorities power, under Section 11 of the Act, to make
grants towards the cost of adaptations, as in the case of dwellings, to
owners or occupiers of churches, chapels, other places of worship, and
premises used by non-profit making organisations whose main objects are
charitable or concerned with the advancement of religion, education or
social welfare,,
SECTION 16 (Abatement of smoke nuisances) enacts that smoke other than
that from a domestic or industrial chimney shall, if it is a nuisance to
the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, be deemed to be a nuisance which
(in London) may be dealt with summarily under Section 282 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936 and the Fifth Schedule thereto.
SECTION 17 (Relation to, and amendment of, Alkali Act) excludes from the
provisions of the sections of the Act relating to dark smoke, grit and
dust, smoke control areas, and smoke nuisance; "premises controlled
under the Alkali Act." Enforcement of the provisions of the Clean Air
Act in relation to any part of any premises not directly concerned in
processes requiring registration under the Alkali Act is the responsibility
of local authorities, who will also, subject to the Minister's
consent, be able to take proceedings for offences under Sections 1, 5
and 16 of the Act in relation to premises controlled under the Alkali
Acts, The Minister may make orders extending or revoking the lists of
works controlled under the Alkali Acts and also transferring from
control under that Act, to the local authority, the whole or a specified
part of any premises.
SECTION 19 (Railway engines) extends the provisions of Section 1 of the
Act (prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys) to railway locomotives.
SECTION 20 (Vessels) applies the provisions of Section 1 to vessels in
specified waters.
SECTION 21 (Exemptions for purposes of investigations and research)
empowers a local authority on application by an interested person to
give exemption from the operation of various sections of the Act for the
purposes of enabling investigations or research relevant to the problem
of air pollution to be carried out. Exemption may be wholly or to a
limited extent, for a specified period, and subject to conditions.
Appeals against the local authority's decision may be made by the
interested person to the Minister.
SECTION 22 (Crown premises, etc.) requires a local authority to report
emission of smoke, grit or dust from Crown premises to the responsible