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the amended table (Table IIIA, replacing the present tables IIIA and IIIC) at
Annex B. The submission of detailed information about the nature and cost of
work done in the privately owned dwellings will as a rule not be required, but
the Minister reserves the right to require its submission in any particular
case. Such schedules must however be accompanied by a certificate that the
works were strictly in accordance with the principles laid down in paragraph 26
of the Memorandum on Smoke Control Areas for determining what types of works and
what standards are reasonably necessary. Certificates will relate to the
revised version of paragraph 26 at Annex C Local authorities in doubt
whether works accord with these principles should refer to the Department
before approving the works.
5 The above changes in procedure apply only to privately owned dwellings,
Local authorities proposing to carry out works in dwellings owned by them
should continue to submit detailed estimates. The relevant table (which now
becomes Table IIB) has been revised, as shown in Annex D.. the schedule of
final costs in respect of dwellings owned by the local authority should
continue to be submitted in the present form (Table IIIB)
6 The conditions of grant in Appendix IV to the Memorandum have been
revised, as shown in Annex E. The principal alteration is that the revised
paragraph 4 makes it a specific condition of grant that the District Auditor or
other authorised officer shall have access to documents and vouchers. Other
amendments have been made in paragraph 2.
7 The revised procedure will apply to all smoke control orders submitted to
the Minister after the date of issue of this circular and estimates previously
submitted but not approved by that date will as far as possible be considered
on the basis of the revised procedure. Where approval has already been given
to estimates submitted in the form previously required, schedules of final
costs in respect of privately owned dwellings may at convenience be submitted
in the revised form.
8. Paragraphs 43 and 46 of the Memorandum relate to the detailed survey of
areas before the making of smoke control orders Local authorities may wish
to consider, in the light of these changes in procedure and of experience
gained from establishing earlier smoke control areas, whether sampling or other
methods alternative to full scale survey might now form a reliable basis on
which to form an appreciation of the situation and to estimate, for the
purposes of Table I, present and future fuel consumption They are asked to
bear in mind in this connection the great importance of keeping individual
householders fully informed and fully advised and of making the best possible
estimates of fuel consumption.
Circular No. 4/62
CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956
SMOKE CONTROL IN THE BLACK AREAS
1 I am directed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government to refer to
the Department s Circular No. 38/60. which drew attention to "Smoke Control
(England and Wales)" (Cmnd. 113 of 1960) and invited black area authorities to
review progress made in planning and executing their domestic smoke control
programmes.
2 The information furnished by local authorities in 1959 and published in
the Command Paper showed the dates by which local authorities at that time
expected to finish the job in their districts and gave their programme for the
five year period 1959-1963
3 Very nearly three years of the period have gone by. Some of the
authorities find that they can now aim at finishing sooner, while the
implementation of other programmes has fallen behind.