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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1956 empowers local authorities to declare the whole or any part of their district to be a smoke control area in which the emission of smoke is generally prohibited. Specified classes of fireplace may be exempted from control by order.

This Order, which applies to England and Wales, exempts five classes of fireplace from the provisions of the section subject to certain conditions as to installation, maintenance and operation.