(1)Local authorities must take steps to promote active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution in their areas.
(2)Where a local authority submits an integrated network map to the Welsh Ministers for approval under section 4(9)(c), it must also publish a report specifying what steps it has taken in the performance of its duty under subsection (1) during—
(a)in the case of the first report required by this subsection, the period beginning with the coming into force of subsection (1) and ending with the submission of the map, and
(b)in the case of each subsequent report, the period since it last published a report under this subsection.
(3)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations made by statutory instrument—
(a)impose a duty on any public authority specified in the regulations to take steps to promote active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution, and
(b)require the authority to publish reports, in respect of periods specified in the regulations, about the steps it has taken in the performance of its duty.
(4)Regulations under subsection (3) may specify a public authority only if the authority is a “devolved Welsh authority” within the meaning of section 157A(1)(a) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
(5)Before specifying a public authority in regulations under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers must consult the authority about the proposal.
(6)The power to make regulations under subsection (3) includes power to make transitional or saving provision.
(7)A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (3) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 10A-10C inserted (31.1.2025) by Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 2), ss. 11, 30(3); S.I. 2025/72, art. 2