19 Power of Secretary of State to require creation of smoke control areas
Clean Air Act 1993 (1993 c 11) | Legislation

19  Power of Secretary of State to require creation of smoke control areas

(1)     If, after consultation with a local authority, the Secretary of State [Scottish Environment Protection Agency (in this section referred to as “the Agency”)] is satisfied—

(a)     that it is expedient to abate the pollution of the air by smoke in the district or part of the district of the authority; and

(b)     that the authority have not exercised, or have not sufficiently exercised, their powers under section 18 (power to declare smoke control area) to abate the pollution,

he

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