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For UK -The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of the
authority to be a smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a buil-
ding, from a furnace or from any xed boiler if located in a designated smoke control area. It
is also an offence to acquire an ”unauthorised fuel” for use within a smoke control area unless
it is used in an ”exempt” appliance (”exempted” from the controls which generally apply in the
smoke control area).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Secretary of State in ac-
cordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section 15 of
the Deregulation Act 2015. Similarly in Scotland appliances are exempted by publication on
a list by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
In Northern Ireland appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Department of
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under Section 16 of the Environmental Better Re-
gulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. In Wales these are authorised by regulations made by
Welsh Ministers.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here: https://www.
gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules. Your local authority is responsible for implementing the
Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and supervision of smoke control areas and you can
contact them for details of Clean Air Act requirements.
The WIKING Mini stoves detailed below have been recommended as suitable for use in smoke
control areas when burning wood logs. The appliance has been tted with a modied second-
ary air control (to prevent closure beyond the 26% open position).
Appliances recommended as suitable for use in Smoke Control Areas :
• WIKING Mini 2 with a base
• WIKING Mini 2 with low legs
• WIKING Mini 2 with high legs
Refuelling on to a low re bed
If there is insufcient burning material in the rebed to light a new fuel charge, excessive
smoke emission can occur. Refuelling must be carried out onto a sufcient quantity of glowing
embers and ash that the new fuel charge will ignite in a reasonable period. If there are too few
embers in the re bed, add suitable kindling to prevent excessive smoke.
Fuel overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specied in this manual should not be exceeded, overloading
can cause excess smoke.
Operation with door left open
Operation with the door open can cause excess smoke. The appliance must not be operated
with the appliance door left open except as directed in the instructions.
Dampers left open
Operation with the air controls or appliance dampers open can cause excess smoke. The ap-
pliance must not be operated with air controls, appliance dampers or door left open except as
directed in the instructions.
