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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-air-quality-and-soundscapes-wales-act-2024/section-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Reporting in relation to section 1",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, lay before Senedd Cymru and publish a report on the consideration they have given during that period to setting long-term targets under section 1.\n(2) The report must, in particular, address the consideration given during the reporting period to setting targets in relation to the following pollutants—\n(a) ammonia;\n(b) PM10;\n(c) ground level ozone;\n(d) nitrogen dioxide;\n(e) carbon monoxide;\n(f) sulphur dioxide.\n(3) But if regulations have been made under section 1 setting a target in relation to a pollutant mentioned in subsection (2), the requirement in that subsection no longer applies in relation to that pollutant.\n(4) In this section, “reporting period” means‍—\n(a) the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force, and\n(b) each subsequent period of 12 months.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 14.4.2024, see s. 30(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/2/section/9",
    "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."
}