Zones and agglomerations
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5.—(1) The Scottish Ministers shall, for the purposes of this Part, divide the territory of Scotland into zones.
(2) A zone shall be classified as an agglomeration for the purposes of this Part where–
(a)it has a population in excess of 250,000 inhabitants; or
(b)in any other case, the Scottish Ministers determine that its population density per km2 is sufficiently high to justify such a classification.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may establish different zones for different pollutants where they consider this appropriate.