Explanatory note

These Regulations consolidate five sets of regulations which declared fuels to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Part III of the Clean Air Act 1993 (S.I. 2001/3745, 2002/3046, 2005/2895, 2006/1869 and 2007/2460). Two additional fuels are authorised (Briteheat briquettes and Ecoal briquettes: Schedule 1, paragraphs 9 and 18).

They contain a savings provision to provide that stocks of authorised fuels manufactured before the coming into force of these Regulations remain as authorised fuels (regulation 3).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business, the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.