Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013

[F110APromotion by Welsh Ministers of active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollutionE+W

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(1)The Welsh Ministers must take steps to promote active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution in Wales.

(2)The Welsh Ministers must publish a statement about the steps they propose to take in the performance of their duty under subsection (1).

(3)The Welsh Ministers must—

(a)publish the statement as soon as possible after the coming into force of this section, and

(b)keep the statement under review.

(4)The Welsh Ministers may revise the statement at any time, and if they do so they must publish the statement in its revised form.

(5)The Welsh Ministers must publish a report as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period specifying what steps they have taken during that period in the performance of their duty under subsection (1).

(6)In subsection (5), “reporting period” means—

(a)the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force, and

(b)each subsequent period of 3 years.

(7)Subsection (5) does not prevent the Welsh Ministers from publishing additional reports specifying steps they have taken in the performance of their duty under subsection (1).]

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