Legislation – Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

“airport” (“maes awyr”) has the meaning given by section 82(1) of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31);

“alteration” (“addasu”), in relation to an airport, must be read in accordance with section 11(4);

“alteration” (“addasu”), in relation to a highway, includes stopping up the highway or diverting, improving, raising or lowering it;

“building” (“adeilad”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;

“construction” (“adeiladu”), in relation to so much of a generating station as comprises or is to comprise renewable energy installations, has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20) (see section 104 of that Act) (and related expressions must be read accordingly); and in this definition “renewable energy installation” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004 (see section 104 of that Act);

“Crown land” (“tir y Goron”) has the meaning given by section 134;

“development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given by section 133;

“devolved Welsh authority” (“awdurdod Cymreig datganoledig”) has the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32);

“electric line” (“llinell drydan”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) (see section 64(1) of that Act);

“enactment” (“deddfiad”) includes any enactment whenever passed or made;

“examining authority” (“awdurdod archwilio”) has the meaning given by section 40(7);

“extension” (“estyniad”), in relation to a generating station, has the meaning given by section 36(9) of the Electricity Act 1989 (and “extend” must be read accordingly);

“gas” (“nwy”) includes natural gas;

“generating station” (“gorsaf gynhyrchu”) has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989 (see section 64(1) of that Act);

“goods” (“nwyddau”) has the meaning given by section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43);

“harbour” (“harbwr”) and “harbour authority” (“awdurdod harbwr”) have the meanings given by section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40);

“highway” (“priffordd”) has the meaning given by section 328 of the Highways Act 1980;

“highway authority”(“awdurdod priffyrdd”) has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) (see sections 1 to 3 of that Act);

“improvement” (“gwella”), in relation to a highway, has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980;

“infrastructure consent” (“cydsyniad seilwaith”) means the consent required by section 19;

“infrastructure consent order” (“gorchymyn cydsyniad seilwaith”) means an order made under this Act granting infrastructure consent;

“infrastructure policy statement”(“datganiad polisi seilwaith”) has the meaning given by section 127(2);

“land” (“tir”) includes buildings, monuments and land covered with waters (including the sea bed); and in relation to Part 6 (infrastructure consent orders) must be read in accordance with section 102;

“LNG facility” (“cyfleuster LNG”) must be read in accordance with section 3;

“local impact report” (“adroddiad ar yr effaith leol”) has the meaning given by section 36(4);

“marine impact report” (“adroddiad effaith ar y môr”) has the meaning given by section 37(4);

“minerals” (“mwynau”) includes all substances ordinarily worked for removal (including in the sea);

“monument” (“heneb”) has the same meaning as in the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc. 3) (see section 2 of that Act);

“natural gas” (“nwy naturiol”) means any gas derived from natural strata (including gas originating outside the United Kingdom);

“planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) means a local planning authority within the meaning given by Part 1 of the TCPA 1990 for an area in Wales;

“planning permission” (“caniatâd cynllunio”) means permission under Part 3 of TCPA 1990;

“pre-application services” (“gwasanaethau cyn gwneud cais”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 27(2);

“public authority” (“awdurdod cyhoeddus”) means any person who has any function of a public nature;

“rail freight interchange” (“cyfnewidfa nwyddau rheilffordd”) means a facility for the transfer of goods between railway and road, or between railway and another form of transport;

“railway” (“rheilffordd”) has the meaning given by section 67(1) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42);

“regulations” (“rheolidau”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;

“section 20 consent” (“cydsyniad adran 20”) means a permission, authorisation, consent, order, or scheme mentioned in section 20 (effect of requirement for infrastructure consent on other consenting regimes)”;

“significant infrastructure project” (“prosiect seilwaith arwyddocaol”) has the meaning given by Part 1;

“special road” (“ffordd arbennig”) means a highway which is a special road in accordance with section 16 of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) or by virtue of an infrastructure consent order;

“special Senedd procedure” (“gweithdrefn arbennig y Senedd”) means the procedure specified in the standing orders of Senedd Cymru for subordinate legislation that is subject to special Senedd procedure;

“standard” (“safonol”), in relation to a volume of gas, means the volume of gas at a pressure of 101.325 kiloPascals and a temperature of 273 Kelvin;

“TCPA 1990” (“DCGTh 1990”) means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

“use” (“defnyddio”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of TCPA 1990;

“Wales” (“Cymru”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales (see Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70));

“Welsh marine area” (“ardal forol Cymru”) means the sea adjacent to Wales out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea; and the question of which parts of the sea are adjacent to Wales is to be determined in accordance with article 6 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).