# Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Article 9: New furnaces to be fitted with arrestment plant


(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 10, no furnace to which Article 8 applies shall be used in a building unless the furnace is provided with plant for arresting grit and dust for which plans and specifications have been submitted to, and approved for the purposes of this Article by, the district council, and that plant is properly installed, maintained and used and if on any day a furnace is used in contravention of this paragraph the occupier of the building shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a furnace which has been installed, the installation of which has been begun, or an agreement for the purchase or installation of which has been entered into, before the date of the coming into operation of Article 62 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 1978 NI 19.
(3) Article 8(2) shall not apply to a furnace to which paragraph (1) applies and Article 8(5) and (6) shall apply in relation to an approval under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to an approval under Article 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/158/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clean-air-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-9
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