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Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. No. 2 of 2017).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Access-to-information Monitoring Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend and update the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, which transpose for Ireland Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality etc. and Directive 2004/107/EC relating to arsenic etc. in ambient air. Both Directives were amended by Commission Directive 2015/1480 and the definition of Directive 2008/50/EC and Directive 2004/107/EC are made accordingly. make amendments to Schedule 1 (which concerns sampling points). Regulation 4 makes amendments to Part 3 of Schedule 1. The changes follow amendments made by Commission Directive 2015/1480 to Section C of Annex III to Directive 2008/50/EC. They also inserts a new Part 4 in Schedule 1. The new Part 4 concerns documentation and review of site selection.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. No. 188 of 2010).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2010

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Access-to-information, Monitoring, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX