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Made
12th August 2009
Laid before Parliament
17th August 2009
Coming into force
1st October 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 1993(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st October 2009.
2.–(1) In Schedule 1 (authorised fuels) to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) Regulations 2008(2), in paragraph 18, after "Ecoal briquettes" insert "(also marketed as Homefire Ecoal briquettes)".
(2) After paragraph 43 of the same Schedule, insert–
"43A. Tiger Tim Firelogs, manufactured by De Lange B.V., Rustenburgerweg 3, 1646 WJ Ursem, the Netherlands, which–
(a) comprise slackwax (as to approximately 50% of the total weight) and sawdust (as to approximately 50% of the total weight);
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process of heat treatment and extrusion;
(c) are firelogs approximately 280 millimetres in length and 75 millimetres x 75 millimetres with a single groove running along each of the four 280 millimetre length faces;
(d) have an average weight of 1.1 kilograms per firelog; and
(e) have a sulphur content not exceeding 0.2% of the total weight.".
Jim Fitzpatrick
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
12th August 2009
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/514) to add a new fuel (Tiger Tim Firelogs) to the list of fuels declared to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Part III of the Clean Air Act 1993, and also to add another marketing name for one of the fuels (Ecoal briquettes).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business, the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
