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These Regulations may be cited as the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 15th November 1993.
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(1) Schedule 1 to the Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) Regulations 1991 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1, for the words “Ancit 40 and Ancit 60 briquettes”, there shall be substituted the words “Phurnacite Plus”.
(3) After paragraph 4A there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
4B 
BFL Fireside, marketed by British Fuels Limited, and being either—
(a) New Flame briquettes as described in paragraph 13B below(d), or
(b) Supertherm briquettes as described in paragraph 18 below.”.
(4) In paragraph 8, after sub-paragraph (d), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—“
(e) SSM Coal Limited at Immingham Dock, Grimsby, South Humberside and sold as “Gloco”.”.
(5) After paragraph 12 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
12AA 
Homefire (R) briquettes, manufactured by Coal Products Limited at Coventry, Warwickshire, which—
(a) comprise anthracite fines (as to 40 to 60 per cent of the total weight), char (as to 40 to 60 per cent of the total weight), bituminous coal (as to 0 to 10 per cent of the total weight) and an organic binder as to the remaining weight;
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving extrusion;
(c) are unmarked hexagonal briquettes having an average weight of 240 grammes; and
(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 1.5 per cent of the total weight.”
(6) After paragraph 12A(a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
12B 
Long Beach Lump nuts (otherwise known as LBL nuts), manufactured by Aimcor Carbon Corp.at Long Beach, California, United States of America, which—
(a) comprise petroleum coke (as to approximately 85% to 100% of the total weight), limestone (as to approximately 0% to 10% of the total weight) and coal tar pitch (as to the remaining weight);
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving heat treatment and steam injection;
(c) are unmarked random shapes; and
(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 2% of the total weight.”.
(7) In paragraph 14, for the words “Taybrite Limited”, there shall be substituted the words “Ryan Mining Limited”.
(8) In paragraph 16A, for the words “Roomheat briquettes”, there shall be substituted the words “Homefire ovals”.
(9) After paragraph 17 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
17A 
Sunbrix briquettes, manufactured by Yarraboldy Briquette Company Limited at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, which—
(a) comprise anthracite (as to approximately 90% of the total weight) and cold setting organic binder as to the remaining weight;
(b) were manufactured from those constituents by a process involving roll pressing;
(c) are unmarked ovoids which have an average weight of 50 grammes; and
(d) have a sulphur content not exceeding 1% of the total weight.”. 
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Notwithstanding the amendment made by regulation 2(7) above, New Taybrite briquettes manufactured before the coming into force of these Regulations by Taybrite Limited shall continue to be an authorised fuel.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Denton of Wakefield
Parliamentary Under Secretary in the
Department of the Environment
15th October 1993