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Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024

Section 4 - Effect of targets

28.Subsection (1) places the Welsh Ministers under a duty to ensure long term targets set under section 1 and the PM2.5 air quality targets set under section 2 are met.

29.Subsection (2) clarifies that nothing in Chapter 1 of the Act, except section 8, limits the Welsh Ministers’ power under section 87 of the Environment Act 1995 to make regulations for the assessment or management of air quality.

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