Legislation – Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024
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PART 2REQUIREMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSENT
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22Directions specifying development as a significant infrastructure project
(1)
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction specifying development as a significant infrastructure project.
(2)
The Welsh Ministers may only give a direction under subsection (1) if—
(a)
the development will (when completed) be wholly or partly in Wales or the Welsh marine area,
(b)
the development is or forms part of a project (or proposed project) that the Welsh Ministers consider to be of national significance to Wales, either by itself or when considered with one or more other projects, and
(c)
the development is or forms part of a project (or proposed project) of a kind specified in regulations.
(3)
A direction under subsection (1) applies to a development partly in Wales or the Welsh marine area only to the extent that the development is in Wales or the Welsh marine area.
(4)
The Welsh Ministers may require an authority within subsection (5) to provide any information required by the Welsh Ministers for the purpose of enabling them to decide—
(a)
whether to give a direction under subsection (1), and
(b)
the terms in which such a direction should be given.
(5)
An authority is within this subsection if an application for a section 20 consent in relation to the development has been, or may be, made to it.