The Clean Air (Emission of Dark Smoke) (Exemption) Regulations 1969

• Citation: S.I. 1969/1263
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Clean Air (Emission of Dark Smoke) (Exemption) Regulations 1969 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1969.

Section 2 Interpretation

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 3 Prescribed matter for purposes of section 1(3) of the Clean Air Act 1968

The emission of dark smoke caused by the burning of any matter prescribed in column (1) of schedule 1 to these regulations shall, subject to compliance with the conditions specified in column (2) against that matter, be exempted from section 1(1) of the Clean Air Act 1968 (which prohibits the emission of dark smoke from industrial or trade premises) and in that schedule—

(a) references to a lettered condition are references to the condition so lettered and set out in schedule 2 to these regulations; and

(b) references to matter which has been contaminated by other specified matter shall be read as including references to matter which is reasonably believed to have been so contaminated.