Introduction - barbas UNIVERSAL-6 70 Instructions For Use & Maintenance Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of this modern Barbas appliance.
This quality product will provide you with many years of enjoyment due to the fl ame
effect and warmth that it provides.
This appliance is recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when
burning wood logs. The appliance, when sold into the UK market, include a factory-
installed modifi ed air slider to ensure compliance with smoke emission requirements
within smoke control areas.
Study this manual carefully before using the fi replace. We recommend you keep this
manual in a safe place for reference purposes.
"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 building, from a furnace or from any fi 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 accordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by
section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
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 regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
In Wales appliances are exempted 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.
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