Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Air quality Chapter 1 – National targets
5.This Chapter makes provision for a specific framework for setting, reviewing and reporting on national air quality targets for Wales, which will apply in addition to other legislation in this area. The new targets will provide a specific mechanism to deliver long-term outcomes and places a duty on Welsh Ministers to make regulations to set a target in respect of the annual mean level of PM2.5 in ambient air in Wales and to set a further long-term target.