Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 576
Clean Air, England
The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Made
8th March 2010
Laid before Parliament
12th March 2010
Coming into force
6th April 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 1993( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.
Amendment
2. In Schedule 1 (authorised fuels) to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008( 2 ), after paragraph 22 insert—
“ 22A Homefire Fire Logs, manufactured by De Lange B.V., Rustenburgerweg 3, 1646 WJ Ursem, the Netherlands, which—
(a) comprise slackwax (as to approximately 50% of the total weight) and sawdust (as to approximately 50% of the total weight);
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process of heat treatment and extrusion;
(c) are firelogs approximately 280 millimetres in length and 75 millimetres x 75 millimetres with a single groove running along each of the four 280 millimetre length faces;
(d) have an average weight of 1.1 kilograms per firelog; and
(e) have a sulphur content not exceeding 0.2% of the total weight. ” .
Jim Fitzpatrick
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8th March 2010
S.I. 2008/514 as amended by S.I. 2008/2342 and S.I. 2009/2191 .