Statutory Instruments with Clear Reports

28 January 2019

SL(5)302 – The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Classes of Fireplace) (Wales) Order 2019

Procedure: Negative

This Order is made pursuant to section 21(5) of the Clean Air Act 1993 (“the Act”) and comes into force on 6 February 2019. The Order revokes and replaces with amendments the Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Classes of Fireplace) (Wales) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/423) (W. 90).

Section 20 of the Act places a general prohibition on the emission of smoke in smoke control areas. Under section 21(5) of the Act, the Welsh Ministers may, by order, exempt in relation to Wales specified classes of fireplace from the provisions of section 20, if they are satisfied that such fireplaces can be used for burning fuel other than authorised fuels without producing any smoke or a substantial quantity of smoke.

Article 2 of this Order exempts the classes of fireplace listed in the first column of the table in the Schedule to this Order from the provisions of section 20 of the Act, subject to the conditions specified in the second and third columns of that table in relation to those classes of fireplace.

Parent Act: Clean Air Act 1993

Date Made: 15 January 2019

Date Laid: 16 January 2019

Coming into force date: 06 February 2019

SL(5)305 – The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019

Procedure: Negative

These Regulations make provision to enforce, in Wales, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific information and compositional requirements for food for special medical purposes.

Parent Act: Food Safety Act 1990; European Communities Act 1972

Date Made: 17 January 2019

Date Laid: 21 January 2019

Coming into force date: 22 February 2019