The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2007

General requirements

21.—(1) The Secretary of State shall—

(a) ensure that up-to-date information is made available to the public in accordance with this Part; and

(b) consult the public in accordance with regulation 28.

(2) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the information to which this Part relates is—

(a) made available in a form that is clear, comprehensible and accessible;

(b) disseminated or published by the most appropriate means, as he may determine, including (but not necessarily limited to) broadcast media, press, publications, information screens, the internet or other computer network sources; and

(c) up-dated—

(i) in accordance with a minimum frequency specified in this Part; or

(ii) in other cases, as soon as practicable.

(3) For the purposes of this Part, “the public” includes health-care bodies and other organisations having an interest in ambient air quality or representing the interests of sensitive people or the environment.