The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2025
W.S.I. 2025/72 · Made 23 January 2025
Environmental Protection, Wales
Made 23 January 2025
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power contained in section 30(3) of the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024f1.
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- f1
Contents
- 1Title and interpretation
- 2Provision coming into force on 31 January 2025
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Title and interpretation
The title of this Order is the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2025.
In this Order, “the Act” means the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024.
2Provision coming into force on 31 January 2025
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 (promoting active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution) of the Act is 31 January 2025.
Signature
Ken Skates
Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, one of the Welsh Ministers
23 January 2025
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is the first commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).
This Order brings section 11 (promoting active travel as a way of reducing or limiting air pollution) of the Act into force on 31 January 2025.