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Paragraph 3 InterpretationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

(1)

A maximum daily running 8-hour mean is calculated on a daily basis. The maximum daily running 8-hour mean for a particular substance at a particular location for a particular day is the maximum of the running 8-hour means ending during that day.

(2)

For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1) a “running 8-hour mean” is a mean, which is calculated on an hourly basis, yielding one running 8 hour mean per hour. The running 8-hour mean for the relevant substance at the relevant location for a particular hour is the mean of the hourly means for the substance at the location for the hour and the preceding 7 hours.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. para. 3 in operation at 1.9.2003, see reg. 1(1)

Notes on Schedule

Textual amendments

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words in Sch. substituted (1.1.2004) by Air Quality (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/543), regs. 1, 2

Footnotes

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  • μg/m3: micrograms per cubic metre

  • ppb/ppm: parts per billion/million

  • mg/m3: milligrams per cubic metre