The AQA aims to regulate air through providing for:

• The establishment of a national framework for air quality
• The monitoring of ambient air quality and emissions at the national, provincial and local levels
• The collection and management of air quality data;
• National, provincial and local air quality management plans;
• The control of certain polluting fuels;
• The control of certain fuel-burning appliances;
• The control of dust, noise and offensive odours; and
• A licensing system for certain fuels, appliances and activities

Example:

Cape Town’s Air quality Management Unit is part of the City’s Health Directorate and works in partnership with Water Services and Environmental Resource Management. The City’s Air quality Management Unit has developed an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) in terms of the Air quality Act. The AQMP has the following objectives:

• To formulate an air quality management system for the City of Cape Town
• To specify ambient air quality standards and targets for Cape Town
• To monitor pollutants which cause brown haze and affect peoples’ health
• To improve air quality in informal areas
• To enforce current and future legislation for air quality management
• To compile a comprehensive omissions database for the City of Cape Town
• To control emissions from vehicles in the City
• To consider air quality in land use and transport planning
• To establish the bad effects of air pollution on the people who live in Cape Town
• To establish an education and communication strategy for air quality management
• To review the air pollution situation on an ongoing basis and report on progress,