Explanatory note

Section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 makes the occupier of abuilding within a smoke control area guilty of an offence if smoke isemitted from the chimney of that building unless it can be proved thatthe emission of smoke was caused solely by the use of an authorisedfuel. These Regulations revoke all previous authorised fuel Regulationsand specify all fuels which are currently authorised fuels for thepurposes of the 1956 Act. The specified fuels are authorised for use inany part of Great Britain. Although most of the fuels in theseRegulations have previously been authorised fuels, there have beenchanges in the way in which the fuels are described in many cases. Thedescriptions reflect current manufacturing methods.

Ancit 40 and 60 briquettes, anthracite, electricity, Extracite briquettes, Flamelite pellets, gas, low volatile steam coals, Maxibrite and New Taybritebriquettes continue to be authorised for use in any part of GreatBritain. Anthracine N20, Antrex, Fireglo, Sovereign, Thermac, Thermaglowand Thermobrite briquettes were only previously authorised for use inEngland and Wales but may now also be used in Scotland. Centurionbriquettes and semi-anthracite were only previously authorised for usein Scotland but may now also be used in England and Wales.

Anthranor, Clean Flame, Phurnacite and Supertherm briquettes and Pureheat ovoids are authorised for use for the first time in any part of Great Britain.

Homefire briquettes, Sunbrite, Beacon Beans, Monckton Boiler Beans,Dutch (Sluiskil) Coke Doubles and Coalite are authorised for use in anypart of Great Britain by name for the first time.

Fuel which was manufactured before 1st July 1991 and which was authorised by Regulations revoked by these Regulations may be used notwithstanding the revocation.