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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-air-quality-and-soundscapes-wales-act-2024/section-16",
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  "legislation": "asc/2024/2",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-air-quality-and-soundscapes-wales-act-2024",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Local authority air quality reviews",
  "text": "(1) Section 82 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) (local authority reviews) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “local authority” insert “, other than a local authority in Wales,”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Every local authority in Wales must, in each calendar year, cause a review to be conducted of the quality for the time being, and the likely future quality within the relevant period, of air within the authority’s area.”\n(4) In subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 30(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 31.7.2025 by S.I. 2025/937, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2024/2",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/2/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:48.452476+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."
}