Explanatory note

Section 3(1) of the Clean Air Act 1968 requires that certain new furnaces shall be provided with plant approved by the local authority for arresting grit and dust. Section 4(1) of the Act empowers the Minister of Housing and Local Government to exempt prescribed classes of furnaces from the above requirements while used for a prescribed purpose. The Regulations prescribe such classes and purposes. Applications may also be made to the local authority under section 4(2) of the Act for the exemption of individual furnaces from the requirements of section 3(1). The Regulations prescribe the form of application and the particulars to accompany that form.