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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 (definitions and interpretation)",
  "text": "In regulation 2(2), for the definition of—\n(a) “the Directive”, substitute ““the Directive” means Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480 amending several annexes to Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules concerning reference methods, data validation and location of sampling points for the assessment of ambient air quality;”; and\n(b) “Directive 2004/107/EC”, substitute ““Directive 2004/107/EC” means Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480 amending several annexes to Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules concerning reference methods, data validation and location of sampling points for the assessment of ambient air quality”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L152, 11.6.08, p.1-44, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480 (O.J. No. L226, 29.8.15, p. 4-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L23, 26.1.05, p.3-16, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480 (O.J. No. L226, 29.8.15, p. 4-11)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/2/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:39.844586+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."
}