Alkali, &c. Works Order 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1971/960 |
| Year | 1971 |
1971 No. 960
CLEAN AIR
The Alkali, &c. Works Order 19719thJune 1971
16thJune 1971
1stJuly 1971
The Secretary of State for the Environment, after a public inquiry and after consultation with the local authorities and other interests concerned, in exercise of his powers under section 4(1) of the Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act 1926(a) as extended by section 17(3) of the Clean Air Act 1956(b), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Alkali, &c. Works Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1971.
(2) This order and the order of 1966 may be cited together as the Alkali, &c. Works Orders 1966 and 1971.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order—
"the Act of 1906" means the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906(d);
"the order of 1966" means the Alkali, &c. Works Order 1966(e); and
"scheduled work" means a work specified in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1906 as set out and extended in Schedule 2 to the order of 1966.
Extension of list of noxious or offensive gases in section 27 of the Act of 1906
3. The list mentioned in section 27 of the Act of 1906 (as subsequently extended in the order of 1966) which, by virtue of section 11 of the Clean Air Act 1968(f) includes certain smoke, grit and dust shall be further extended so as to include the gases and fumes mentioned in the Schedule to this order as noxious or offensive gases to which the Act of 1906 applies.
Amendment of the order of 1966
4. Schedule 1 to the Act of 1906 (which is to be read as set out and extended in Schedule 2 to the order of 1966) shall be amended and further extended as follows—
(a) 1926 c. 43.
(b) 1956 c. 52.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) 1906 c. 14.
(e) S.I. 1966/1143 (1966 III, p. 2741).
(f) 1968 c. 62.
(1) Paragraph (18) shall have effect as originally enacted, that is to say—
"(18) Paraffin oil works, that is to say, works in which crude shale oil is refined.".
(2) In paragraph (30)(c) the words "in air or rotary furnaces, fired by coal or oil, or" shall be omitted.
(3) For paragraph (32) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
"(32) Aluminium works, that is to say, works in which—
(a) aluminium swarf is degreased by the application of heat; or
(b) aluminium or aluminium alloys are recovered from...
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