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to any difficulty there may be in obtaining, otherwise than at a high
price, any fuels which would have to be used but for the execution of
the works.
In exercise of his powers under Section 34 of the Act, the Minister
of Housing and Local Government to date has made the following Order and
Regulations
The Clean Air Act, 1956 (Appointed day) Order 1956, The Order
brought into operation on the 31st December, 1956, in England and Wales,
certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, 1956, including provisions
relating to smoke from furnaces (Sections 3 and 4), smoke control areas
(Sections 11 15), the extension of the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation
Act, 1906, to cover the emission of smoke, grit and dust from premises
controlled or to be controlled under that Act (Section 17), colliery
spoilbanks (Section 18), and the constitution of the Clean Air Council
(Section 23).
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations, 1956
Section 11 of the Clean Air Act, 1956 makes it an offence to emit smoke
from any building in 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. These Regulations, which came into operation on
the 31st December, 1956, declare the following fuels to be authorised
fuels for the purposes of the Act in England and Wales.
Anthracite;
Briquetted fuels carbonised in the process of manufacture;
Coke;
Electricity;
Gas;
Low tenperature carbonisation fuels:
Low volatile steam coals,
Procedure for establishing Smoke Control Areas
A Memorandum issued by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
sets out in detail the procedure for establishing smoke control areas,
which may be summarised as follows -
(i) Decision in principle on location and size of area, and types
of property to be included and notification to the Minister of
provisional plan.
(ii) Detailed survey of the area on receipt of Minister s comments
on the provisional plan.
(iii) The making of the Order and submission of same for con
firmation,
(iv) After confirmation action to bring the Order into operation,
payment of local authority grants^ and claiming of Exchequer
contribution.