{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-of-fuels-and-fireplaces-charges-england-regulations-2025/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-of-fuels-and-fireplaces-charges-england-regulations-2025/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/287",
  "legislation_title": "The Certification of Fuels and Fireplaces (Charges) (England) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/certification-of-fuels-and-fireplaces-charges-england-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 5",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“approved fireplace” means—\n(a) a fireplace in respect of which a fireplace assessment body has issued a fireplace approval notice; or\n(b) a fireplace included in the list of approved fireplaces from time to time;\n“approved range of fireplaces” means a range of fireplaces, one or more of which is an approved fireplace;\n“core characteristics” means characteristics of a fireplace that are taken into account by a fireplace assessment body when conducting a fireplace assessment;\n“fireplace” has the meaning given in section 64(1) of the 1993 Act;\n“fireplace application” means an application for a fireplace assessment made by a person to a fireplace assessment body;\n“fireplace approval notice” means a notice recording the fact that a fireplace is suitable for inclusion in the list of approved fireplaces;\n“fireplace assessment” means an assessment of a fireplace’s suitability for inclusion in the list of approved fireplaces;\n“fireplace assessment body” means an organisation appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct fireplace assessments;\n“initial fireplace application” means a fireplace application made in respect of a fireplace that is not part of an approved range of fireplaces;\n“list of approved fireplaces” means the list of approved fireplaces published by the Secretary of State under section 19D(1) of the 1993 Act (interpretation of “approved fireplace” for the purpose of section 19B of that Act);\n“range of fireplaces” means a range of fireplaces all of which—\n(a) are variants of the same basic design; and\n(b) have the same core characteristics; and\n“subsequent fireplace application” means a fireplace application made in respect of a fireplace that is part of an approved range of fireplaces.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "There are amendments to section 64(1) but none is relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The current fireplace assessment body is HETAS Limited."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The list of approved fireplaces may be viewed online at smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/exempt-appliances/england/. A hard copy of the list may be obtained by contacting the Head of Domestic Combustion Policy, Air Quality and Industrial Emissions, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/287/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:13.501988+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}