# The Infrastructure Planning (Business or Commercial Projects) Regulations 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 26 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 amended Part 4 of the Planning Act 2008 to enable business or commercial projects of a prescribed description to be authorised under the planning regime that currently applies to nationally significant infrastructure projects. These Regulations contain that prescribed description.
Development forming part of a project falling with the prescribed description can be authorised under that planning regime if that project meets the other requirements in section 35 of the Act and the Secretary of State gives a direction under that section. The Secretary of State can only make a direction if the Secretary of State thinks that the project is of national significance.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for these regulations as they do not have additional impact of business beyond what was examined in the Impact Assessment that accompanied the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. That assessment can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA13-003.pdf.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111105375/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infrastructure-planning-business-or-commercial-projects-regulations-2013/note
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