The Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2007 No. 182

PART 3 Other pollutants and background monitoring

Measurement of PM_2·5

17.—(1) The Scottish Ministers shall install and operate measuring stations to supply representative data on concentrations of PM_2·5.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers shall–

(a) determine the number of measuring stations they consider necessary;

(b) locate each measuring station–

(i) together with a sampling point established for PM₁₀, where this is possible; or

(ii) in any other case, in accordance with the principles set out in Parts 1, 4 and 5 of Schedule 6 which are relevant to PM₁₀;

(c) use reference methods for sampling and measurement that they consider suitable; and

(d) have regard to the data quality objectives set out in Part 1 of Schedule 8.