{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/717",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Improvement plans",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in respect of each zone in which—\n(a) prior to the attainment date, concentrations of benzene or nitrogen dioxide exceed a limit value plus the applicable margin of tolerance; or\n(b) concentrations of ozone exceed a target value.\n(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the National Assembly must prepare and implement an improvement plan in respect of the pollutant in question or, if the condition specified is met in relation to both pollutants, in respect of both those pollutants.\n(3) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, the National Assembly must prepare and implement an improvement plan in respect of ozone unless it considers that the target value would not be attainable through proportionate measures.\n(4) An improvement plan must include the information specified in Schedule 2.\n(5) Where an improvement plan is required to be prepared and implemented under both paragraphs (2) and (3), the National Assembly must, where it considers it appropriate, prepare and implement an integrated improvement plan covering all of the pollutants concerned.\n(6) For the purposes of this regulation, an improvement plan may comprise either a plan or a programme which, in either case, must have the objective of attaining the limit or target value within the relevant zone by the attainment date for the pollutant in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/717/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:33.213395+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."
}