The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2016

Made: 14th September 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 16th September 2016

Coming into force: 31st October 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(6) of the Clean Air Act 1993[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2016 and come into force on 31st October 2016.

Revocation

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The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 2014[^f00002] are revoked.

Signed

R CUNNINGHAM — A member of the Scottish Government — 14th September 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations revoke the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”). The 2014 Regulations declared specified fuels to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Part III of the Clean Air Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”).

The Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 inserted subsections (5A) to (5C) into section 20 of the 1993 Act, which allow for fuels to be authorised by being included in a list kept by the Scottish Ministers and published in such manner as they consider appropriate. That list is published at www.scottishairquality.co.uk. Consequently, the 2014 Regulations are no longer required.

No Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for these Regulations as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c.11. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Section 20(6) was amended by section 50(2)(b) of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2014/317.