# The Certification of Fuels and Fireplaces (Charges) (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“1993 Act” means the Clean Air Act 1993;
“assessment organisation” means—
(a) in respect of Part 2, an approved wood certification body (as that term is defined in regulation 4);
(b) in respect of Part 3, an approved manufactured solid fuel certification body (as that term is defined in regulation 10);
(c) in respect of Part 4, a solid fuel assessment body (as that term is defined in regulation 13); and
(d) in respect of Part 5, a fireplace assessment body (as that term is defined in regulation 15);
“brand” means the name and other indicia used in connection with the marketing of solid fuel to differentiate solid fuel supplied by one manufacturer or other supplier from fuel supplied by other manufacturers and suppliers;
“DSFS Regulations” means the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020;
“regulatory check” means—
(a) a certification audit (as that term is defined in regulation 10); or
(b) a compliance check (as that term is defined in regulation 4);
“regulatory check notice” means notice of a regulatory check that—
(a) is written;
(b) is sent by an assessment organisation to a relevant person by post or email; and
(c) specifies—
(i) the charge to be paid by the relevant person to the assessment organisation in respect of the regulatory check; and
(ii) the latest day for payment of the charge;
“relevant application” means any application of a type mentioned in these Regulations;
“relevant person” means a person who makes a relevant application or is the subject of a regulatory check;
“smoke control measures” means provision in the DSFS Regulations and Part 3 of the 1993 Act; and
“VAT” has the meaning given in section 96(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.
(2) The amount of any charge specified in these Regulations excludes VAT.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/287/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/certification-of-fuels-and-fireplaces-charges-england-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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