# The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) Order 1970, Article 3: Classes of fireplace exempt from section 11 of Clean Air Act 1956


In England and Wales, any class of fireplace numbered and described in column (1) of Schedule 1 hereto shall, upon the standard conditions and such further conditions (if any) as are specified in column (2) against that class, be exempted from the provisions of section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 (which enables local authorities to establish smoke control areas in which emission of smoke is an offence, but provides for the exemption of certain fireplaces).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/615/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/smoke-control-areas-exempted-fireplaces-order-1970/article-3
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