Research On The Clean Air Act Of 1956 In Britain

The Clean Air Act of 1956 was one of the most important bill in British environment history,and it inaugurated that Britain controlled air problems through legislative means,which played an important role in British air control.In recent years,the bill had increasingly became the point which domestic and overseas scholars focused on air pollution control.This paper based on the Clean Air Act of 1956 as the research object,investigating the background of the bill,analyzing the reason of introduction of the bill.The bill was introduced because of the deterioration of the urban environment,including serious air pollution,terrible water pollution and abominable hygienic condition.The public formed constantly political pressure for appealing to clean air,forcing the government to promulgate a bill to control air pollution.The bill drew lessons from previous legislation to make up for the air legislation system.On the basis of the report of beaver,the bill was published and commented on it.The bill was not smooth when it passed.This paper took the game between conservative party member Gerard Nabano and the opposition Party and industrial and commercial group as the breakthrough point.This paper introduced detailedly the main contents of the bill,such as establishing smoke-free zones,controlling black smoke emissions,formulating special conditions and miscellaneous provisions.The bill improved air quality in Britain and promoted environmental legislation,and it was the earliest Clean Air Act in the world.However,there were some shortcomings,the Britain promulgated the Clean Air Act Amendment afterwards.It had became the basic bill of air pollution control in Britain and never depart.The Clean Air Act of 1956 was a major reform of environmental governance in Britain,especially it was an important bill for air pollution control.The paper explored the problems of Clean Air Act of 1956,and had a more comprehensive evaluation on the bill and provided an important role for the air pollution control in Britain,meanwhile,and it had an important reference on air pollution control in China.