# Air Quality Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 5: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

An hourly mean is a mean calculated every hour. The hourly mean for a particular substance at a particular location for a particular hour is the mean of the levels recorded for that substance at that location –
(a) in the case of benzene, at a frequency of not less than once during the hour; and
(b) in the case of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide, at a frequency of not less than once every 10 seconds during the hour.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/342/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule/paragraph-5
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