Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Air quality Chapter 1 – National targets Section 4 - Effect of targets
28.Subsection (1) places the Welsh Ministers under a duty to ensure long term targets set under section 1 and the PM2.5 air quality targets set under section 2 are met.
29.Subsection (2) clarifies that nothing in Chapter 1 of the Act, except section 8, limits the Welsh Ministers’ power under section 87 of the Environment Act 1995 to make regulations for the assessment or management of air quality.