Regulation 2 Authorised Fuels for the purposes of the Clean Air Act 1993

Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2001^f1 shall be amended as follows:

After paragraph 5 there shall be inserted

“5A

Bord na Móna Firepak briquettes (also marketed as Arigna Special coal briquettes), manufactured by Bord na Móna Fuels Limited, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, which—

(a)

comprise anthracite (as to approximately 50 per cent of the total weight), petroleum coke (as to 20 to 40 per cent of the total weight), bituminous coal (as to 10 to 30 percent of the total weight) and starch based binder (as to the remaining weight);

(b)

were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll-pressing and heat treatment;

(c)

are unmarked pillow-shaped briquettes and have an average weight of 50 grammes; and

(d)

have a sulphur content not exceeding 1.5 per cent of the total weight.”