2016 No. 162
The Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87(1), (2)(b) and (h), (5)(b), and 91(1) of the Environment Act 19951 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 87(7) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government and of industry as they consider appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
In accordance with section 87(8) of that Act2, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2016.
Amendment of the Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 20002
1
The Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 20003 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 3(1) (relevant periods), for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (3)”.
3
After regulation 3(2), insert—
3
The relevant period for the purposes of Part IV of the 1995 Act in relation to the air quality objective specified in entry number 7A of the Table in the Schedule (relating to PM2.5) is the period beginning on 1st April 2016 and ending on 31st December 2020.
4
In the Table in the Schedule (air quality objective table), after entry number 7 relating to Nitrogen dioxide, insert—
7A
PM2.5
10 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an annual mean
31st December 2020
5
In the Schedule, after paragraph 1 (definition of PM10), insert—
1A
“PM2.5” means particulate matter which passes through a size-selective inlet with a 50% efficiency cut-off at 2.5μm aerodynamic diameter.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)