Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Air quality Air quality regulations Section 15 - Consultation on air quality regulations
83.Section 87 of the 1995 Act contains general provisions that apply to regulations that are made for the purposes of Part 4 of that Act.
84.Section 15 of this Act inserts new subsections (7A) and (7B) into section 87 of the 1995 Act. These have the effect of disapplying the consultation requirements in subsection (7) in relation to Wales and replacing them with new requirements.
85.These requirements provide that before making regulations under Part 4 of the 1995 Act, the Welsh Ministers must consult: the Natural Resources Body for Wales; every local authority in Wales; the Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust; every Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 and the public.