No. S 622
Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
(ACT 24 OF 2014)
Transboundary Haze Pollution
(Air Quality)
Regulations 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Transboundary Haze Pollution (Air Quality) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 25 September 2014.
Air quality index number for poor air quality episode
2.  For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the prescribed number on the air quality index is 101.
Air quality index
3.  The 24‑hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) adopted by the Agency for the average level of particulate matter in an area’s outdoor air environment that is less than or equal to 2.5 micrometres in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5), at any time obtained over a 24 hour period immediately preceding that time, is the area’s air quality index for the purposes of the Act.
Made on 23 September 2014.
CHEW GEK KHIM
Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[NEA/LD/174; AG/LLRD/SL/333B/2013/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 24(3) of the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014).