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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-air-quality-and-soundscapes-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-2-order-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/937",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2025",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the second commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 of this Order brings a number of provisions regarding local authority air quality reviews and smoke control into force on 31 July 2025, namely, sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Act.",
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  "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."
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