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<Number>2025 No. 72 (W. 19) (C. 3)</Number>
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<Title>The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2025</Title>
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<Text>The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power contained in section 30(3) of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/>.</Text>
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<Text>The title of this Order is the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2025.</Text>
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<Text>The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 (promoting active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution) of the Act is 31 January 2025.</Text>
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<Text Hanging="indented">This Order is the first commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (“<Term>the Act</Term>”).</Text>
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<Text Hanging="indented">This Order brings section 11 (promoting active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution) of the Act into force on 31 January 2025.</Text>
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