What UK Clean Air Act 1993: Dark Smoke, Furnace Emissions and Smoke Control Areas requires
The Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11) consolidates the UK's air pollution controls over smoke, grit, dust and fumes, enforced principally by local authorities under DEFRA policy. Part I prohibits the emission of dark smoke: section 1 makes it an offence to emit dark smoke from a chimney of any building, and section 2 makes it an offence to emit dark smoke from industrial or trade premises. Part II controls smoke, grit, dust and fumes from furnaces: section 4 requires that new furnaces be, so far as practicable, smokeless; section 5 controls the emission of grit and dust from furnaces; and section 6 requires arrestment plant for new non-domestic furnaces. The height of chimneys serving furnaces must be approved by the local authority (sections 14-15) to ensure adequate dispersal of pollutants. Part III provides for smoke control areas: a local authority may by order declare the whole or part of its district a smoke control area (section 18), and section 20 makes it an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a building in a smoke control area unless an authorised fuel or exempt appliance is used. Part IV controls certain other forms of air pollution, including regulations about the composition and content of motor fuel (section 30) and the sulphur content of oil fuel for furnaces or engines (section 31). Part VII contains the general enforcement provisions (section 55). Offences under the Act are generally punishable by fines, with local authorities responsible for investigation and prosecution.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / DEFRA and local authorities · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/11/contents
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- Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11), Section 1 - prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys.
- Clean Air Act 1993, Section 2 - prohibition of dark smoke from industrial or trade premises.
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