Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2010 Scotland

Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010

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Enforced by
NatureScot, SEPA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 28 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

General

1 of 5 sections shown
s.004 Zones and agglomerations Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must divide Scotland into air quality zones and agglomerationsCrown / Minister / Government department
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and extent
s.002 Definitions
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Designation of competent authority
Part 2

Assessment of ambient air quality

11 of 12 sections shown
s.005 Assessment thresholds Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must classify and review air quality zonesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.006 Assessment criteria Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must assess ambient air quality using required measurement methodsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.007 Location and number of sampling points Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must install and operate air quality sampling pointsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.008 Assessment criteria Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must assess and monitor ambient ozone levelsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.009 Location and number of sampling points Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must install and monitor air quality sampling pointsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.010 Assessment thresholds Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must classify air quality zones and review every five yearsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.011 Assessment criteria Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must assess arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient airCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012 Location and number of sampling points Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must determine air quality sampling point locationsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.013 Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must monitor PAH levels in airCrown / Minister / Government department
s.014 Background monitoring Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must operate background air quality monitoring sitesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.015 Data quality objectives Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must apply data quality objectives when assessing pollutant levelsCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.016 Reference methods for sampling and analysis
Part 3

Duties of the Scottish Ministers in relation to limit values etc.

5 of 6 sections shown
s.017 Duties in relation to limit values Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must keep air pollutant levels within legal limitsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.018 Duties in relation to target values Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must take measures to meet air quality target valuesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.020 Duties in relation to long-term objectives for ozone Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must take cost-proportionate measures to meet ozone long-term objectivesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.021 Duty in relation to information and alert thresholds Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must inform the public when air quality thresholds are exceededCrown / Minister / Government department
s.022 Duty in relation to critical levels for the protection of vegetation Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must ensure vegetation critical levels are not exceededCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.019 Date of application for limit values and target values in regulations 17 and 18
Part 4

1 of 1 section shown
s.023 Duty to limit exposure to PM Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must take measures to meet PM exposure targetsCrown / Minister / Government department
Part 5

Plans

3 of 3 sections shown
s.024 Air quality plans Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must draw up and implement air quality plansCrown / Minister / Government department
s.025 Short-term action plans Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Draw up short-term action plans when air alert thresholds at riskCrown / Minister / Government department
s.026 Public participation in drawing up air quality and short-term action plans Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must consult on air quality and short-term action plansCrown / Minister / Government department
Part 6

Public information

2 of 2 sections shown
s.027 Public information Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must keep the public informed about air qualityCrown / Minister / Government department
s.028 Annual reports Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must publish annual air quality reportsCrown / Minister / Government department
Part 7

Revocation

0 of 1 section shown
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.029 Revocation
Schedules

Schedules

5 of 26 shown
s.sch001 Any deviation from the criteria set out in this Part... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must document deviations from air quality monitoring criteriaStatutory regulator
s.sch001 Where contributions from industrial sources are to be assessed, at... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must place sampling points downwind of industrial sources in residential areasStatutory regulator
s.sch001 Macroscale siting of sampling points (sampling points for the protection of ecosystems and vegetation) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must place ecosystem/vegetation monitoring points away from pollutionStatutory regulator
s.sch008 In cases where either the information or alert thresholds are... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must provide public air quality alerts when exceedances predictedCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch008 Information provided under this Schedule must also include— Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must include preventive action and source info in air quality informationStatutory regulator
21 other schedules
s.sch001 Where the objective is to assess rural background levels, the...
s.sch001 Sampling points must also, where possible, be representative of similar...
s.sch001 Account must be taken of the need to locate sampling...
s.sch001 Sampling points must be located so as to be representative...
s.sch002 The maximum daily eight hour mean concentration of carbon monoxide...
s.sch003 (a) The maximum daily eight hour mean concentration must be selected...
s.sch005 (a) To be measured over three consecutive hours at locations...
s.sch007 Localisation of excess pollution— (a) region; (b) city (map);
s.sch007 List of the publications, documents and work etc. used to...
s.sch007 General information— (a) type of zone (city, industrial, rural);
s.sch007 Responsible authorities (names and addresses of persons responsible for the...
s.sch007 Nature and assessment of pollution— (a) concentrations observed over previous...
s.sch007 Origin of pollution— (a) list of the main emission sources...
s.sch007 Analysis of the situation— (a) details of those factors responsible...
s.sch007 Details of those measures or projects for improvements which existed...
s.sch007 Details of those measures or projects adopted with a view...
s.sch007 Details of the measures or projects planned or being researched...
s.sch008 In cases where either the information threshold or the alert...
s.sch008 Information on any incident where information or alert thresholds are...
s.sch008 Forecast for the following afternoon, day and days—
s.sch008 Information on the type of population concerned, possible health effects...
3 other provisions
s.001 General (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Compliance with limit values directed at the protection of human... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Insofar as they are relevant, the principles set out in... (opens in a new tab)

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