Clean Air Act 1972

{{Short description|Act of Parliament in New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox legislation

| short_title = Clean Air Act 1972

| legislature = New Zealand Parliament

| image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg

| imagesize = 180px

| long_title = An Act to promote the conservation of the air and the abatement of the pollution thereof

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| passed = 1972

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| date_commenced = 1 April 1973

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| repeals = Resource Management Act 1991

| status = Repealed

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The Clean Air Act 1972 was an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 1972. It aimed to regulate industrial pollution by establishing a licensing system for permissible emission levels. This legislation also enhanced the monitoring of air quality in major urban centers and allowed for the creation of clean air zones by local authorities, as was done in Christchurch. The Act represented an early effort to reduce pollution from both residential and industrial sources.{{Cite web |title=Page 9. Air pollution |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/sewage-water-and-waste/page-9 |website=teara.govt.nz}} It was repealed by the Resource Management Act 1991.{{cite web|url=http://mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/|title=The State of New Zealand's Environment 1997|date=1997|publisher=Ministry for the Environment|accessdate=25 June 2010}}