Page 8 BK766
M-Series Stove User Guide
2.2 Health and Safety
Please consult health and safety guidelines for advice on handling heavy and / or large
items.
2.3 Smoke control areas (The Clean Air Act 1993 & 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 fixed 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 section 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.
Similarly 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.
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.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found
here : https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
The following list of M-Series models :
• M-Series Steel 5kW stove (MSteel-5)
• M-Series Cast 5kW stove (MCast-5)
• M-Series Glass 5kW stove (MGlass-5)
• M-Series Steel 5kW Widescreen stove (MSteel-5WS)
• M-Series Cast 5kW Widescreen stove (MCast-5WS)
• M-Series Glass 5kW Widescreen stove (MGlass-5WS)
• M-Series Steel 7kW stove (MSteel-7)
• M-Series Cast 7kW stove (MCast-7)
• M-Series Glass 7kW stove (MGlass-7)
are currently exempt or have been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control
areas, when burning wood logs and when fitted with a factory set mechanical stop, to
prevent secondary air closure beyond the 27mm (5kW models),22mm (5kW Wide-
screen models) & 31.7mm (7kW models) open position respectively.
Please NOTE, by default the smoke exemption plate (mechanical stop) is left off the
appliance at manufacture. It is the responsibility of the installer / user to fit the
mechanical stop when the appliance is installed within a smoke controlled area.
