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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-scotland-regulations-2001/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-wrapper10n1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Limit Values (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "Diffuse sources\n(a)\nPopulation of agglomeration or zone (thousands)\nIf concentrations exceed the upper assessment threshold\nIf maximum concentrations are between the upper and lower assessment thresholds\nFor SO2 and NO2 in agglomerations where maximum concentrations are below the lower assessment threshold\n0–249\n1\n1\nnot applicable\n250–499\n2\n1\n1\n500–749\n2\n1\n1\n750–999\n3\n1\n1\n1 000–1 499\n4\n2\n1\n1 500–1 999\n5\n2\n1\n2 000–2 749\n6\n3\n2\n2 750–3 749\n7\n3\n2\n3 750–4 749\n8\n4\n2\n4 750– 5 999\n9\n4\n2\n6 000\n10\n5\n3\nFor NO2 and particulate matter: to include at least one urban-background station and one traffic-orientated station\nPoint sources\n(b) For the assessment of pollution in the vicinity of point sources, the number of sampling points for fixed measurement should be calculated taking into account emission densities, the likely distribution patterns of ambient-air pollution and the potential exposure of the population.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (19.1.2003)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/556",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Quality Limit Values (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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