# The Air Quality Limit Values Regulations 2003 (revoked) S.I. 2003/2121 · made 13 August 2003 · revised to 15 February 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-regulations-2003-revoked/pdf/uksi_20032121_en.pdf ## Introductory text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Made 13th August 2003 Laid before Parliament 14th August 2003 Coming into force 9th September 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Designation of competent authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Duty to ensure compliance with limit values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Target values and long-term objectives for ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Assessment of ambient air quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Classification of zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Review of classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Method of assessment of ambient air quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Action plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Action to be taken where limit values are exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Programmes and measures to address ozone levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Consultations with other Member States of the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Extension of power to give directions relating to air quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Zones where the levels are lower than the limit value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Public information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Revocations and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: LIMIT VALUES, MARGINS OF TOLERANCE, INFORMATION ANDALERT THRESHOLDS ### Part I: Sulphur Dioxide ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Particulate Matter (PM10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V Benzene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: Carbon Monoxide ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VII: Ozone ## 1.1 Information and alert thresholds for ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Minimum details to be supplied to the public when the information or alert threshold is exceeded or exceedance is predicted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: TARGET VALUES AND LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES FOR OZONE CONCENTRATIONS IN AMBIENT AIR ### Part I: Definitions and interpretation ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Target values for ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Long-term objectives for ozone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: UPPER AND LOWER ASSESSMENT THRESHOLDS AND EXCEEDANCES ### Part I: Upper and lower assessment thresholds ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Determination of exceedances of upper and lower assessment thresholds ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: LOCATION OF SAMPLING POINTS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RELEVANT POLLUTANTS AND OZONE IN AMBIENT AIR ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part I: Macroscale Siting ## a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Macroscale Siting: Ozone ## a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Microscale siting ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Documentation and review of site selection ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MINIMUM NUMBERS OF SAMPLING POINTS FOR FIXED MEASUREMENT OF CONCENTRATIONS OF RELEVANT POLLUTANTS AND OZONE IN AMBIENT AIR ### Part I: Relevant pollutants: minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurement to assess compliance with limit values for the protection of human health and alert thresholds in zones where fixed measurement is the sole source of information ## (b) Point sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Relevant pollutants: minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurements to assess compliance with limit values for the protection of ecosystems or vegetation in zones other than agglomerations ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Ozone: minimum number of sampling points for fixed continuous measurement to assess air quality in view of compliance with the target values, long-term objectives and information and alert thresholds where continuous measurement is the sole source of information ## a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Ozone: minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurements for zones attaining the long-term objectives ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: MEASUREMENTS OF OZONE PRECURSOR SUBSTANCES ### Part: (a) Objectives ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Reference methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: (b) Siting ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: DATA-QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND COMPILATION OF RESULTS OF AIR-QUALITY ASSESSMENT ### Part I: Relevant pollutants: data-quality objectives ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Relevant pollutants: results of air quality assessment ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part III: Ozone and ozone precursors: data quality objectives ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Ozone and ozone precursors: results of air quality assessment ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: REFERENCE METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF CONCENTRATIONS OF RELEVANT POLLUTANTS AND OZONE ### Part I: Reference method for the analysis of sulphur dioxide ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Reference method for the analysis of nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IIIA: Reference method for the sampling of lead ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IIIB: Reference method for the analysis of lead ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part IV: Reference method for the sampling and measurement of PM10 ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V: Reference method for the sampling and analysis of benzene ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VI: Reference method for the analysis of carbon monoxide ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part VII: Reference methods for the analysis of ozone and calibration of ozone instruments ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN OR PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AIR QUALITY ## 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a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Criteria for aggregating data and calculating statistical parameters ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2121 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-regulations-2003-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.