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Section 18 Welsh Ministers’ powers of directionI1I2

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In section 85 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) (reserve powers of the Welsh Ministers), in subsection (3)—

(a)

omit the “or” after paragraph (c);

(b)

after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e)

that a local authority in Wales has failed to carry out a measure specified in an action plan by the date specified in the plan in relation to that measure, or

(f)

that an air quality standard or objective has not been achieved, within a designated area in Wales, by the date specified in the action plan for the area as the date by which the standard or objective is expected to be achieved,”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 30(3)

I2

S. 18 in force at 31.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/937, art. 2(c)