{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-targets-fine-particulate-matter-england-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-targets-fine-particulate-matter-england-regulations-2022/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348242959",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-targets-fine-particulate-matter-england-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2021 Act” means the Environment Act 2021;\n“the 2010 Regulations” means the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010;\n“ambient air” means outdoor air, excluding the air in workplaces where members of the public do not have regular access;\n“AQSR monitoring station” means a monitoring station which is used to measure PM2.5 levels for the purposes of the 2010 Regulations;\n“fixed measurement” means a measurement taken at a fixed location, either continuously or by sampling at regular intervals, to determine levels of PM2.5;\n“minimum annual data capture requirement” has the meaning given in regulation 14(4);\n“monitoring station” is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 12(4);\n“ratified” has the meaning given in regulation 14(5);\n“year” means a calendar year;\n“zone” means one of the zones or agglomerations into which England is divided for air quality monitoring purposes, as determined under regulation 4 of the 2010 Regulations.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) particulate matter is to be treated as meeting the definition of PM2.5if it passes through a size-selective inlet with a 50% efficiency cut-off at 2.5 micrometres aerodynamic diameter;\n(b) a reference to the “level” of PM2.5means the mass concentration of PM2.5 measured in micrograms per cubic metre (“µg/m³”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/1001, amended by S.I. 2016/1184, 2018/110, 2019/74 and 2020/1313."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 2(3) of the 2021 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348242959/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:03.774838+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."
}