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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-wales-regulations-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-wales-regulations-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2002/3183",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Limit Values (Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-limit-values-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES\nMade 17th December 2002\nComing into force 31st December 2002\nThe National Assembly for Wales ( “the National Assembly\"), in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 29 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and subsection (2) of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972, and having been designated for the purpose of that subsection by Article 2 of the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2000 in relation to measures relating to the assessment and management of ambient air quality and compliance with air quality limit values, target values and objectives, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c.38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2812."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/3183/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:37.924889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}