{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-regulations-2010/regulation-2A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1001",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) When interpreting Directive 2008/50/EC for the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) Article 3(f) is to be read as if for “other Member States” there were substituted “ member States ”;\n(b) in Annex 1—\n(i) in section A, footnote (1) is to be read as if—\n(aa) for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(bb) for “they” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(cc) the words “to the Commission” were omitted;\n(ii) section C is to be read as if—\n(aa) at each place it occurs, a reference to “harmonised” there were substituted a reference to “designated”;\n(bb) in paragraph 1, for “appropriate competent authorities and bodies designated pursuant to Article 3” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(cc) in point (i), the words “pursuant to Articles 6 and 9” were omitted;\n(dd) in point (iii), the words from “and that institutions” to the end of that point were omitted;\n(ee) in point (iv), in the first sentence, the words from “by the appropriate” to “Article 3” were omitted;\n(ff) in point (iv), in the first sentence, the words from “the reference to” to “the European Union” were omitted;\n(gg) in point (iv), the second sentence, the words from “for the coordination” to “be responsible” were omitted;\n(hh) points (v) and (vi) were omitted;\n(ii) in paragraph 2 for “All reported data under Article 27” there were substituted “ all data ”;\n(c) in Annex 2, in section B, the second paragraph is to be read as if for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(d) in Annex 3, in section A, paragraph 2(b) is to be read as if the words “In accordance with Article 2(1)” were omitted;\n(e) in Annex 5, in section A, footnotes (1) and (2) are to be read as if for “Member State”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the United Kingdom ”;\n(f) in Annex 6, section B is to be read as if—\n(i) in point 1—\n(aa) for “A Member State” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(bb) for “it” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(cc) for “the Member State concerned” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(ii) points 2, 3 and 4 were omitted;\n(g) in Annex 8, in section A, the paragraph after the table is to be read as if after the words “in the Community” there were inserted “ in so far as it forms part of assimilated law ”.\n(2) When interpreting Directive 2004/107/EC for the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) in Annex 2, in section 2 (determination of exceedances of upper and lower assessment thresholds), the second paragraph is to be read as if for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(b) in Annex 3, in section 4, point (b) is to be read as if the words “as defined by Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC” were omitted;\n(b) in Annex 4—\n(i) in section I (data quality objectives), the fifth and sixth paragraphs are to be read as if—\n(aa) for “Member State”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(bb) for “they”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;\n(c) Annex 5 is to be read as if—\n(i) in section 1 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of arsenic, cadmium and nickel in ambient air), in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;\n(ii) in section 2 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air)—\n(aa) in the first paragraph, for “Member States are allowed to” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State may ”;\n(bb) in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;\n(iii) in section 3 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of mercury in ambient air), in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;\n(iv) section 5 were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Air Quality (Amendment of Domestic Regulations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/74), regs. 2(b), 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2A(1)(g) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 19"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1001/regulation/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:20.255559+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."
}