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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-air-quality-and-soundscapes-wales-act-2024/section-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Monitoring progress towards meeting targets",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers must make arrangements for obtaining such data about air quality in Wales as they consider appropriate to monitor the progress being made towards meeting any targets set under section 1 or 2.\n(2) The Welsh Ministers must publish any data obtained under subsection (1) as soon as is reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 30(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 23.1.2026 by W.S.I. 2026/5, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2024/2",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Act 2024"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/2/section/7",
    "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."
}