Clean Air Act 1993 (Chapter 11).

Subject

Air & atmosphere

Keyword

Basic legislation Air quality/air pollution Access-to-information Monitoring Emissions Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

This Act consolidates the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968 and certain related enactments. The Act, among other things: concerns dark smoke and the prohibition of dark smoke from chimneys, industrial and trade premises and the meaning of dark smoke; establishes the requirement that any new furnaces must, as far as is practical, be smokeless; imposes limits on emissions of grit and dust from furnaces, requirements for arrestment plants for non-domestic furnaces, emission monitoring provisions and chimney height regulations to ensure efficient and adequate dispersion of emissions; provides for the creation of smoke control areas and introduces prohibition on emission of smoke in controlled areas; establishes control procedures for certain types of air pollution (regulations about motor fuels, the sulphur content of oil fuels for furnaces and engines and cable burning); provides information on air pollution via research and publicity and for appeals processes.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Clean Air (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 3318 of 2014).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environment Act 2021 (Chapter 30).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2021

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Governance, Policy/planning, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment, Framework law, Environmental audit, EIA, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting, Research, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Protection forest, Risk assessment/management, Organic waste, Packaging/labelling, Polluter pays principle, Transport/storage, Transboundary movement of waste, Waste management, Waste prevention, Subsidy/incentive, Drainage/land reclamation, Effluent waste water/discharge, Water quality standards, Freshwater resources management, Water shortage/drought, Priorities, Freshwater pollution, Water abstraction, Basic legislation, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Endangered species, Protected area, Protection of habitats, Protection of species, Traceability/product tracing

Source: FAO, FAOLEX