Unit 6:  Current Legislation Affecting UK Industry: Atmosphere

Summary of Relevant UK Legislation: Atmosphere

  • Alkali, etc Works Regulation Act 1906.

  • Clean Air Act 1993.

  • Year/SI No.

  • 1958/498 Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) Regulations 1958.

  • 1958/878 Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) (Vessels) Regulations 1958.

  • 1958/1933 Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) (Scotland) Regulations 1958.

  • 1958/1934 Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) (Vessels) (Scotland) Regulations 1958.

  • 1969/411 Clean Air (Height of Chimneys) (Exemption) Regulations 1969.

  • 1969/465 Clean Air (Height of Chimneys) (Exemption) (Scotland) Regulations 1969.

  • 1969/1262 Clean Air (Arrestment Plant) (Exemption) Regulations 1969.

  • 1969/1263 Clean Air (Emission of Dark Smoke) (Exemption) Regulations 1969.

  • 1969/1388 Clean Air (Arrestment Plant) (Exemption) (Scotland) Regulations 1969.

  • 1971/161 Clean Air (Measurement of Grit and Dust from Furnaces) Regulations 1971.

  • 1971/162 Clean Air (Measurement of Grit and Dust from Furnaces) Regulations 1971.

  • 1971/625 Clean Air (Measurement of Grit and Dust from Furnaces) (Scotland) Regulations 1971.

  • 1971/626 Clean Air (Measurement of Grit and Dust from Furnaces) (Scotland) Regulations 1971.

  • 1974/2170 Clean Air Enactments (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974.

  • 1977/17 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Appeals) Regulations 1977.

  • 1977/18 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Exempted Premises) Regulations 1977.

  • 1977/19 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Research and Publicity) Regulations 1977.

  • 1982/602 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Exempted Premises) (Scotland) Regulations 1982.

  • 1982/603 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Research and Publicity) (Scotland) Regulations 1982.

  • 1982/604 Control of Atmospheric Pollution (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 1982.

  • 1987/180 Control of Industrial Air Pollution (Transfer of Powers of Enforcement) Regulations 1987.

  • 1989/317 Air Quality Standards Regulations 1989.

  • 1990/556 Control of Asbestos in the Air Regulations 1990.

  • 1991/1282 Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1991.

  • 1994/440 Ozone Monitoring and Information Regulations 1994.

  • 1994/2249 Marketing of Gas Oil (Sulphur Content) Regulations 1994.

  • 1994/2295 Motor Fuel (Consumption and Content) Regulations 1994.

  • 1995/2146 Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations 1995.

  • 1996/506 Environmental Protection (Controls on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer) Regulations 1996.

  • 1996/1145 Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1996.

  • 1997/3043 Air Quality Regulations 1997.