{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-air-quality-domestic-solid-fuels-standards-england-regulations-2020/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-air-quality-domestic-solid-fuels-standards-england-regulations-2020/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348210194",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-air-quality-domestic-solid-fuels-standards-england-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Appointment and functions of an approved wood certification body",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must appoint at least one person to be an approved wood certification body for the purposes of this Part.\n(2) A person who intends to supply a relevant unit of wood must, where that person is the first person in the chain of supply in respect of such wood, apply to an approved wood certification body for a certificate under this regulation.\n(3) The application must be accompanied by a sample of the wood.\n(4) On an application under this regulation the approved wood certification body must test the sample in accordance with the standard in paragraph (8).\n(5) If the result of the test under paragraph (4) determines that the wood has a moisture content of less than the prohibited level, the approved wood certification body must issue a certificate recording this to the applicant.\n(6) A person to whom a certificate is issued under paragraph (5)—\n(a) may use the logo shown in Schedule 1 when supplying a relevant unit of wood to which the sample relates;\n(b) must use best endeavours to ensure that, when supplying a relevant unit of word to which the sample submitted under paragraph (3) relates, the wood to be supplied has the same characteristics as the sample.\n(7) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (6)(b) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine.\n(8) The standard is either—\n(a) ISO 18134-1; or\n(b) ISO 18134-2,\nas referred to in the firewood fuel specification BS EN ISO 17225-5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The standards are available for purchase from https://www.iso.org/home.html , or https://shop.bsigroup.com (as the case may be) and are available for inspection the offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF."
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348210194/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:20.959136+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."
}