The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

4. ATMOSPHERE

Table 4.16 Summary recorded contraventions of air pollution acts, 1987-19961,2 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Clean Air Acts 19933 Contraventions 508 876 500 627 574 391 - - - 2514 Prosecutions 3 124 28 45 32 23 - - - 0 Convictions - 4 - 13 2 6 - - - 0 Clean Air Act 1993-Section 335 Contraventions 81 40 50 26 62 23 - - - 16 Prosecutions 3 - 3 4 2 6 - - - 0 Convictions - - 2 2 - 2 - - - 0 Source: Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland 1 Population year period (e.g. April 1980-March 1981). 2 No returns were made for the years 1993-1995. 3 Formerly Clean Air Acts 1956/68. 4 This figure is the sum of contraventions of the Clean Air Act 1993, Section 1, Section 2, and Section 23. 5 Formerly Control of Pollution Act 1974 (Section 78).