{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-control-areas-exempt-fireplaces-scotland-order-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/615",
  "legislation_title": "The Smoke Control Areas (Exempt Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-control-areas-exempt-fireplaces-scotland-order-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which extends to Scotland only, makes provision for exemption from the prohibition, under section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993, on the emission of smoke in smoke control areas.\nThe Order exempts those fireplaces described in column 1 of the Schedule which comply with the conditions specified in column 2 from the prohibitions under section 20 (article 2).\nThe Order also amends the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Scotland) Order 1999 to extend an existing class description of exempted fireplace and the conditions to be complied with in relation to it.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/615/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:35.292679+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."
}